A Guide to International Refugee Protection and Building State Asylum Systems
A guide to international refugee protection and building state asylum systems Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 27, 2017 Acknowledgements This publication is jointly published by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Authors: Frances Nicholson and Judith Kumin. Joint inter-agency editorial committee: Cornelis Wouters, Ariel Riva, Alice Edwards, Madeline Garlick (UNHCR Division of International Protection); members of the IPU Committee to Promote Respect for International Humanitarian Law, in particular Senator Gabriela Cuevas Barron (Mexico), Senator Philippe Mahoux (Belgium) and Kareen Jabre, Secretary of the Committee. Other commentators and contributors: Sanne Andersen, Caroline Dulin Brass, Subin Cho, Carole Simone Dahan, Alice Farmer, Sibylle Kapferer, Jackie Keegan, Nese Kilincoglu, Alexandra Pamela McDowall, Michele Simone, Peter Swiniarski, Beatrice Ureche, numerous other staff in UNHCR headquarters in Geneva and national offices around the world. The IPU expresses its gratitude to the Federated States of Micronesia for its financial contribution towards the production of this Handbook. All parts of this publication may be reproduced for personal and non-commercial use on condition that copyright and source indications are also copied and no modifications are made. Please inform the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the usage of the publication content. © Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2017 Cover photo: © UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau Design and
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