OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status
under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
International instruments defining the term “refugee”
Part One
Criteria for the Determination of Refugee Status
Chapter I - General Principles
Chapter II - Inclusion Clauses
Chapter III - Cessation Clauses
Chapter IV - Exclusion Clauses
Chapter V - Special Cases
Chapter VI - The Principle of Family Unity
Part Two
Procedures for the Determination of Refugee Status
Conclusions
Annexes have not been included
HCR/IP/4/Eng/REV.1
Reedited
Geneva, January 1992
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