Global Consultations Expert Meetings

Global Consultations, 28 February 2003

To take stock of developments in refugee law and to examine a number of emerging issues, UNHCR, often in cooperation with its partners, is organizing expert meetings, also in the context of implementation of the Agenda for Protection. To facilitate discussion, background papers are commissioned from experts. Depending on the topic, participants in the roundtable discussions are drawn from governments, NGOs, academia, the judiciary and the legal profession.

Maintaining the Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Asylum (Geneva, June 2004)

Effective Protection (Lisbon, December 2002)

Religious Persecution (Baltimore, October 2002)

Rescue-at-Sea (Lisbon, March 2002)

  • Background Note on the Protection of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees Rescued at Sea (March 2002)
  • Annex 1: Background Note Concerning the competence of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in relation to rescue at sea matters
  • Annex 2: UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusions concerning Asylum seekers at sea – Rescue at sea
  • Annex: Reception of Asylum-Seekers, Including Standards of Treatment, in the Context of Individual Asylum Systems (4 September 2001)
  • Annex: Problems Related to the Rescue of Asylum-Seekers in Distress at Sea (26 August 1981)
  • Annex: Report on the Meeting of the Working Group of Government Representatives on the Question of Rescue of Asylum-Seekers at Sea held in Geneva, 5-7 July 1982 (24 August 1982)
  • Annex: Problems Related to the Rescue of Asylum-Seekers in Distress at Sea (1 September 1983)
  • Annex: Problems Related to the Rescue of Asylum-Seekers in Distress at Sea (28 August 1984)
  • Annex: Problems Related to the Rescue of Asylum-Seekers at Sea (8 July 1985)
  • Summary of Discussions (April 2002)
  • List of Participants
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