High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, 2014 - Key documents

Selected Reference Materials: Rescue, Disembarkation and Burden Sharing, Executive Committee Conclusions, International Instruments and IMO Guidelines

• UNHCR, Rescue at Sea, Stowaways and Maritime Interception: Selected Reference Materials, December 2011, 2nd Edition, http://www.refworld.org/docid/4ee087492.htmlLink is external

Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration: The 10-Point Plan in Action

• UNHCR, Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration: The 10-Point Plan in Action, February 2011, http://www.refworld.org/docid/4d9430ea2.htmlLink is external

Rescue at Sea: A Guide to Principles and Practice as Applied to Migrants and Refugee

• UNHCR, IMO and ICS, Rescue at Sea. A Guide to Principles and Practice as Applied to Migrants and Refugees, September 2006, http://www.refworld.org/docid/45b8d1e54.htmlLink is external

Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Distress at Sea, 'Djibouti Conclusions', November 2011

• UNHCR, Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Distress at Sea - how best to respond? Summary Conclusions ('Djibouti Conclusions'), 5 December 2011, http://www.refworld.org/docid/4ede0d392.htmlLink is external [Expert Meeting on Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Distress at Sea held in Djibouti, 8-10 November 2011]

International Workshop on the Protection of Irregular Movements of Persons at Sea, Jakarta, Indonesia, April 2014

• UNHCR, Co-chairs' Summary: International Workshop on the Protection of Irregular Movements of Persons at Sea Jakarta, Indonesia, 21-22 April 2014, 22 April 2014, http://www.refworld.org/docid/53882cb34.htmlLink is external [International Workshop held in Jakarta, Indonesia, 21- 22 April 2014]

Mapping Disembarkation Options: Towards Strengthening Cooperation in Managing Irregular Movements by Sea, Bangkok, Thailand, March 2014

• UNHCR, Co-Chairs' Summary: "Mapping Disembarkation Options: Towards Strengthening Cooperation in Managing Irregular Movements by Sea", 4 March 2014, http://www.refworld.org/docid/5343abe64.htmlLink is external [Regional meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand, 3-4 March 2014]

UNHCR Central Mediterranean Sea Initiative (CMSI)

• UNHCR, UNHCR Central Mediterranean Sea Initiative (CMSI): EU solidarity for rescue-at-sea and protection of refugees and migrants, 13 May 2014, http://www.refworld.org/docid/538d73704.htmlLink is external

- ADDITIONAL SOURCES -

• United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 1954, entered into force 6 June 1960, http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3840.htmlLink is external
• United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, entered into force 13 December 1975, http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b39620.htmlLink is external
• UNHCR, Child Protection Regional Initiative - Live, Learn & Play Safe 2014-2016, 2014 http://www.refworld.org/docid/53bbc6314.htmlLink is external
• UNHCR, Guidelines on the Applicable Criteria and Standards relating to the Detention of Asylum-Seekers and Alternatives to Detention, 2012 http://www.refworld.org/docid/503489533b8.htmlLink is external
• UNHCR, Beyond Detention: A Global Strategy to support governments to end the detention of asylum-seeker and refugees, 2014-2018, 2014 http://www.refworld.org/docid/536b564d4.htmlLink is external

Interceptions and external processing

• UNHCR, Protection Policy Paper: Maritime interception operations and the processing of international protection claims: legal standards and policy considerations with respect to extraterritorial processing, November 2010, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4cd12d3a2.htmlLink is external
• UNHCR, Guidance Note on bilateral and/or multilateral transfer arrangements of asylum-seekers, May 2013, http://www.refworld.org/docid/51af82794.htmlLink is external

Temporary protection

• UNHCR, Guidelines on Temporary Protection or Stay Arrangements, February 2014, http://www.refworld.org/docid/52fba2404.htmlLink is external

Regional initiatives and meetings

• Sana'a Declaration, 13 November 2013, http://www.refworld.org/docid/530483644.htmlLink is external [Adopted at the Regional Conference on Asylum and Migration, Sana'a, 11-13 November 2013]
• UNHCR and IOM, Caribbean Regional Conference on the Protection of Vulnerable Persons in Mixed Migration Flows: Promoting Cooperation and Identification of Good Practices (Summary Report), 23 May 2013, http://www.refworld.org/docid/51e3c0384.htmlLink is external [Regional Conference held in Nassau, the Bahamas, 22-23 May 2013]
• Douglas Guilfoyle and Efthymios Papastavridis, Background Paper: "Mapping Disembarkation Options: Towards Strengthening Cooperation in Managing Irregular Movements by Sea", 4 March 2014, http://www.refworld.org/docid/5346438f4.htmlLink is external
• Jakarta Declaration on Addressing Irregular Movement of Persons, 20 August 2013, http://www.refworld.org/docid/530db94f4.htmlLink is external [Adopted at the Special Conference on Irregular Movement of Persons, Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 August 2013]
• UNHCR, Co-Chairs' Summary: Regional Roundtable on Irregular Movements by Sea in the Asia- Pacific Region, 20 March 2013, http://www.refworld.org/docid/51e3bcfe4.htmlLink is external [Regional Roundtable held in Jakarta, Indonesia, 18-20 March 2013]