Annex: List of Additional Resources
Unit 2: General Issues
Notice: The list below highlights the UNHCR policy resources and guidelines that are relevant to
Children in UNHCR RSD Procedures. All Protection staff members who are responsible for RSD should
have access to and be familiar with these documents. Managers should ensure that documents are
disseminated to staff who are responsible for their implementation, and that the directions in these
documents are reflected in the RSD procedures and practice in the UNHCR Office concerned.
UN General Assembly, Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 November 1989, United Nations, Treaty
Series, vol. 1577, p. 3, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b38f0.html
UNHCR, Guidelines on International Protection No. 8: 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, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4b2f4f6d2.html
UNHCR, Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the Child, May 2008, available at:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/48480c342.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Guidelines on Assessing and Determining the Best Interests
of the Child, November 2018, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5c18d7254.html
UNHCR, Field Handbook for the Implementation of UNHCR BID Guidelines, November 2011, available at:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/4e4a57d02.html
UNHCR, Facilitator’s Notes for the implementation of UNHCR BID Guidelines, November 2011, available at:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/4e4a58dc2.html
UNHCR, Handbook for Registration, available at: https://www.unhcr.org/registration-guidance/
UNHCR, Guidelines on Policies and Procedures in Dealing with Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum,
February 1997, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3360.html
UNHCR, Refugee Children: Guidelines on Protection and Care, 1994, available at:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3470.html
Inter-Agency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated Children, January 2004, available at:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/4113abc14.html
UNHCR Policy on Refugee Children, 6 August 1993, EC/SCP/82, available at:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/3f9e6a534.html
UNHCR, The Heart of the Matter – Assessing Credibility when Children Apply for Asylum in the European
Union, December 2014, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/55014f434.html
UNHCR, Listen and Learn: Participatory Assessment with Children and Adolescents, July 2012, available at:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/4fffe4af2.html
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