Distr. GENERAL HCR/GIP/17/13 December 2017 Original: ENGLISH GUIDELINES ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION No. 13: Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian Refugees UNHCR issues these Guidelines pursuant to its mandate, as contained in the Office’s Statute, in conjunction with Article 35 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and Article II of its 1967 Protocol, as well as relevant regional instruments. These Guidelines complement the UNHCR Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention (Geneva: UNHCR, 1979; reissued 2011) and other Guidelines on International Protection. They replace the Revised Note on the Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian Refugees, October 2009, and all prior relevant guidance. By contrast, the Note on UNHCR's Interpretation of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and Article 12(1)(a) of the EU Qualification Directive in the context of Palestinian refugees seeking international protection, May 2013, remains applicable. These Guidelines, having benefited from broad public consultation, are intended to provide legal interpretative guidance for governments, legal practitioners, decisionmakers and the judiciary, as well as UNHCR personnel carrying out mandate refugee status determination under its mandate. These Guidelines have been prepared in close cooperation with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (“UNRWA”). In light of UNHCR’s equality and non-discrimination policies, wherever the original text of an international agreement was drafted in gender-specific language and gender was not in issue, the text needs to be read and understood today as if it applied equally to men and women; for that reason, texts quoted in UNHCR publications reflect this principle through the inclusion of appropriate wording in square brackets. UNHCR’s Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status and Guidelines on International Protection are available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4f33c8d92.html. Calls for public consultation on future guidelines will be posted at: http://www.unhcr.org/544f59896.html. 1