Legal briefing on the rights of stateless Palestinians in the UK September 2025 Annex I: Additional resources and COI on statelessness The following are a list of sources that may provide useful information for legal practitioners in evidencing the living conditions, security situation, and discrimination faced by Palestinians in UNRWA’s areas of operations: • • • • • • Asylos: Asylos is an international network that provides Country of Origin information research for asylum applications. Asylos produced a report specifically on the conditions facing stateless Palestinians in Lebanon, Lebanon: Stateless Palestinians (March 2023) and a report on the security and living conditions for Palestinians in Gaza (Palestine (Gaza): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 1 August – 24 September 2024). Legal practitioners can request case-specific research reports through the Asylos' COI Research Database. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - Occupied Palestinian Territory: OCHA have a dedicated website on their work in the oPt where publications and recent reports on the situation in the oPt can be found. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA): UNRWA produces up to date situation reports on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, as well as official statements. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): UNHCR regularly publishes position papers on protection, returns, and other refugee-related matters, including: o UNHCR, Position on Returns to the Syrian Arab Republic, December 2024 o UNHCR, International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing the Republic of Iraq, Update I, January 2024 o UNHCR, Position on Returns to Gaza, March 2022 o UNHCR, Position on the Designations of Libya as a Safe Third Country and as a Place of Safety for the Purpose of Disembarkation Following Rescue at Sea, September 2020 o UNHCR, United Arab Emirates: Country of Origin Information Relating to the Return and (Re)admission of Individuals Who Previously Resided in the UAE and Who Require a Visa Prior to Arrival, 12 May 2020 United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories | OHCHR: The Special Committee investigates and produces reports on Israeli policies and practices in the oPt, including East Jerusalem, and on the treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel | OHCHR: This independent international Commission was established by the UN Human Rights Council in May 2021 through Resolution A/HRC/RES/S-30/1 to investigate alleged violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. Its most recent publication is the Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (6 May 2025) and “More than a human can bear”: 38