- - EUAA Age assessment practices in EU+ countries: updated findings [EN]NEW
- - EUAA Tool for Identification of Persons with Special Needs (IPSN) [EN] [BG] [CS] [DE] [EL] [ES] [ET] [FR] [HR] [HU] [IT] [LV] [LT] [NL] [PL] [RO] [RU] [SK] [SL] [TR] [SV]
- - EUAA Report on asylum procedures for children [EN] [BG] [DE] [EL] [ES] [FR] [IT] [RO] [SK]
- - EUAA Practical guide on the best interests of the child in asylum procedures [EN] [BG] [CS] [DA] [DE] [EL] [ES] [ET] [FI] [FR] [HR] [HU] [IT] [LT] [LV] [MT] [NL] [PL] [PT] [RO] [SK] [SL] [SV] [TR]
- - EUAA Practical guide on age assessment [EN] [BG] [CS] [DA] [DE] [EL] [ES] [ET] [FI] [FR] [HR] [HU] [IT] [LT] [LV] [MT] [NL] [PL] [PT] [RO] [SK] [SL] [SR] [SQ] [SV] [TR]
- - EUAA Practical guide on family tracing [EN] [DE] [ES] [FR] [IT]
- - EUAA Age assessment practice in Europe [EN] [BG] [DE] [EL] [ES] [FR] [IT]
- - EUAA Mental health of applicants for international protection in Europe - initial mapping report [EN]
- - Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers, [2003] OJ L 31/18
- - Council Directive 2004/83/EC of the 29 April 2004 on the minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted, [2004] OJ L 304/12
- - Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status, [2005] OJ L 326/13
- - Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals, [2008] OJ L 348/98
- - Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA (anti-trafficking directive), [2011] OJ L 101/1
- - Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast), [2011] OJ L 337/9
- - Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA (victims of crime directive), [2012] OJ L 315/57
- - Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast), [2013] OJ L 180/60
- - Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection, [2013] OJ L 180/96
- - Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Fourth Geneva Convention), 75 UNTS 287, 12 August 1949 (entry into force: 21 October 1950)
- - Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 1125 UNTS 3, 8 June 1977 (entry into force: 7 December 1978)
- - Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 189 UNTS 150, 28 July 1951 (entry into force: 22 April 1954)
- - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), 16 December 1966 (entry into force: 23 March 1976)
- - Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, 606 UNTS 267, 31 January 1967 (entry into force: 4 October 1967)
- - Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW), 1249 UNTS 1, 18 December 1979 (entry into force: 3 September 1981)
- - Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, 1465 UNTS 85, 10 December 1984 (entry into force: 26 June 1987)
- - Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1577 UNTS 3, 20 November 1989 (entry into force: 2 September 1990)
- - Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Protocol), 2237 UNTS 319, 15 November 2000 (entry into force: 25 December 2003)
- - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), 2515 UNTS 3, 13 December 2006 (entry into force: 3 May 2008)
- - UNHCR, Handbook on procedures and criteria for determining refugee status and guidelines on international protection under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the status of refugees, 1979, reissued April 2019, HCR/1P/4/ENG/REV. 4
- - UNHCR, Guidelines on International Protection: Gender-related persecution within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the status of refugees, 7 May 2002, HCR/GIP/02/01
- - UNHCR, Guidelines on International Protection: The application of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the status of refugees to victims of trafficking and persons at risk of being trafficked, 7 April 2006, HCR/GIP/06/07
- - UNHCR, Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the Child, May 2008
- - UNHCR, Guidance note on refugee claims relating to female genital mutilation, May 2009.
- - UNHCR, Guidelines on International Protection: Child asylum claims under Articles 1(A)2 and 1(F) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the status of refugees, 22 December 2009, HCR/GIP/09/08
- - UNHCR Executive Committee, Conclusion on refugees with disabilities and other persons with disabilities protected and assisted by UNHCR, 12 October 2010, no 110 (LXI)
- - UNHCR, Detention Guidelines – Guidelines on the applicable criteria and standards relating to the detention of asylum-seekers and alternatives to detention, 2012
- - UNHCR, Guidelines on International Protection no 9: Claims to refugee status based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the status of refugees, 23 October 2012, HCR/GIP/12/09
- - UNHCR, Beyond Proof – Credibility assessment in EU asylum systems, May 2013
- - UNHCR, UNHCR annotated comments to Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast), April 2015
- - UNHCR, UNHCR observations on the use of age assessments in the identification of separated or unaccompanied children seeking asylum – Case no CIK-1938/2014 – Lithuanian Supreme Court, 1 June 2015
- - UNHCR and International Detention Coalition (IDC), Vulnerability Screening Tool – Identifying and addressing vulnerability: a tool for asylum and migration systems, 2016
- - UNHCR, Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.S. v Slovakia and Ukraine (appl. no 17189/11) before the European Court of Human Rights, 1 June 2016
- - UNHCR, ‘UNHCR’s position regarding the detention of refugee and migrant children in the migration context’, January 2017
- - UNHCR, Guidelines on Assessing and Determining the Best Interests of the Child, November 2018
- - UNHCR and IDC (2016), vulnerability screening tool – identifying and addressing vulnerability: a tool for asylum and migration systems
Disability
European documents
1. Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly, Resolution 2039 - Equality and inclusion for people with disabilities, 30 January 2015, Resolution 2039 (2015), available at: https://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-EN.asp?fileid=21553&lang=en [accessed 16 July 2021]
2. European Union Commission, Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, 3 March 2021, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=8376&furtherPubs=yes [accessed 16 July 2021]
3. European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights, Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU, December 2015, available at: https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2015/children-disabilities-violence [accessed 16 July 2021]
2. European Union Commission, Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, 3 March 2021, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=8376&furtherPubs=yes [accessed 16 July 2021]
3. European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights, Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU, December 2015, available at: https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2015/children-disabilities-violence [accessed 16 July 2021]
International documents
4. IASC Guidelines, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, 2019, available at: https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/iasc-task-team-inclusion-persons-disabilities-humanitarian-action/documents/iasc-guidelines [accessed 16 July 2021]
5. J. Blair, D. Neale, Bridging a protection gap: disability and the refugee convention, April 2021, available at: https://www.helenbamber.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/Bridging%20a%20Protection%20Gap%20-%20Disability%20and%20the%20Refugee%20Convention… , [accessed 16 July 2021]
6. OHCHR, Vision report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn, 2021, available at: A/HRC/46/27 [accessed 29 March 2021]
7. OHCHR, Report on the rights of older persons with disabilities, 2019, available at: A/74/186, [accessed 29 March 2021]
8. UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), General comment No. 3 (2016), Article 6: Women and girls with disabilities, 2 September 2016, CRPD/C/GC/3, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/57c977344.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
9. UN General Assembly, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 13 December 2006, A/RES/61/106, available at: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
10. UNHCR, Need to Know Guidance: Working with Persons with Disabilities in Forced Displacement, 2019, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5ce271164.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
11. UNHCR, RSD Procedural Standards Unit 2.9: Applicants with Mental Health Conditions or Intellectual Disabilities in UNHCR RSD Procedures, 26 August 2020, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5f3115564.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
12. UNHCR, UNHCR Approach to Persons with Disabilities in Displacement, November 2019, available at: https://reporting.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/UNHCR%27s%20Approach%20to%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20November%202019.pdf [accessed 10 March 2021]
13. UNHCR Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, Conclusion on refugees with disabilities and other persons with disabilities protected and assisted by UNHCR No. 110 (LXI) - 2010, 12 October 2010, No. 110 (LXI), available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4cbeaf8c2.html [accessed 4 March 2021]
14. UN Human Rights Council, Equality and non-discrimination under article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 9 December 2016, A/HRC/34/26, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/58ad862d4.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
15. UN Human Rights Council, Thematic study on the rights of persons with disabilities under article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies, 30 November 2015, A/HRC/31/30, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/56c42c744.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
5. J. Blair, D. Neale, Bridging a protection gap: disability and the refugee convention, April 2021, available at: https://www.helenbamber.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/Bridging%20a%20Protection%20Gap%20-%20Disability%20and%20the%20Refugee%20Convention… , [accessed 16 July 2021]
6. OHCHR, Vision report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn, 2021, available at: A/HRC/46/27 [accessed 29 March 2021]
7. OHCHR, Report on the rights of older persons with disabilities, 2019, available at: A/74/186, [accessed 29 March 2021]
8. UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), General comment No. 3 (2016), Article 6: Women and girls with disabilities, 2 September 2016, CRPD/C/GC/3, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/57c977344.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
9. UN General Assembly, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 13 December 2006, A/RES/61/106, available at: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
10. UNHCR, Need to Know Guidance: Working with Persons with Disabilities in Forced Displacement, 2019, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5ce271164.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
11. UNHCR, RSD Procedural Standards Unit 2.9: Applicants with Mental Health Conditions or Intellectual Disabilities in UNHCR RSD Procedures, 26 August 2020, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5f3115564.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
12. UNHCR, UNHCR Approach to Persons with Disabilities in Displacement, November 2019, available at: https://reporting.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/UNHCR%27s%20Approach%20to%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20November%202019.pdf [accessed 10 March 2021]
13. UNHCR Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, Conclusion on refugees with disabilities and other persons with disabilities protected and assisted by UNHCR No. 110 (LXI) - 2010, 12 October 2010, No. 110 (LXI), available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4cbeaf8c2.html [accessed 4 March 2021]
14. UN Human Rights Council, Equality and non-discrimination under article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 9 December 2016, A/HRC/34/26, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/58ad862d4.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
15. UN Human Rights Council, Thematic study on the rights of persons with disabilities under article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies, 30 November 2015, A/HRC/31/30, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/56c42c744.html [accessed 16 July 2021]
Asylum Information Database (AIDA) and European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), The Concept of Vulnerability in European Asylum Procedures, 2017
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