Handbook on Voluntary Repatriation: International Protection

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Chapter 1 - UNHCR?s Mandate for Voluntary Repatriation: 1.1 The Statute; 1.2 The 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees; 1.3 General Assembly Resolutions; 1.4 UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusions; 1.5 Requests by the Secretary-General; 1.6 Summary of the Current UNHCR Mandate for Voluntary Repatriation... Chapter 2 - The Protection Content of Voluntary Repatriation: 2.1 International Human Rights Instruments and the Right to Return; 2.2 Cessation of Status and Fundamental Changes in the Country of Origin; 2.3 Voluntariness; 2.4 Ensuring Return in Safety and with Dignity; 2.5 Responsibilities of the Host Country; 2.6 Responsibilities of the Country of Origin... Chapter 3 - UNHCR?s Role in Voluntary Repatriation Operations:; 3.1 Promotion of Solutions, Promotion of Repatriation, Facilitation 3.2 Profile of the Refugee Community and of the Country of Origin; 3.3 "Organized" and "Spontaneous" Repatriation: Being Prepared; 3.4 Cross-Border Coordination; 3.5 Communication in Repatriation Operations: Whom Do We Talk To?; 3.6 Repatriation Negotiations and Agreements; 3.7 New Arrivals; 3.8 Residual Caseload... Chapter 4 - Voluntariness: Practical Measures: 4.1 Establishing the Voluntary Character of Repatriation; 4.2 Information Campaigns; 4.3 Interviewing, Counselling and Registration; 4.4 Computerization... Chapter 5 - Repatriation in Complex Political Circumstances: 5.1 Repatriation During Conflict; 5.2 Repatriation as Part of a Political Settlement... Chapter 6 - UNHCR?s Role in the Country of Origin: 6.1 UNHCR?s Mandate for Returnee Monitoring; 6.2 Returnee Monitoring: Amnesties and Guarantees, Monitoring, Reporting, Intervening; 6.3 Internally Displaced Person; 6.4 Reintegration – the Anchor to Repatriation; 6.5 Landmines... Chapter 7 - Vulnerable Groups: 7.1 General Considerations; 7.2 Unaccompanied Children; 7.3 Tracing... Chapter 8 - Other Important Aspects: 8.1 Personal Belongings, Cash Holdings, Livestock, Pension Entitlements; 8.2 Health; 8.3 Education; 8.4 Security Considerations and Transport Arrangements; 8.5 Repatriation and Elections in the Country of Origin; 8.6 Repatriation of Individual Cases... Chapter 9 - Interagency and NGO Cooperation... Annex 1. Checklists... Annex 2. Executive Committee Conclusions 18 (XXXXI) and 40 (XXXVI).

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UNHCR

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1996-00-00

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2010-12-21

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English

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