CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ... - UNHCR
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The Executive Committee,<br />
1984 (Executive Committee—35 th Session)<br />
No. 35 (XXXV) IDENTITY DOCUMENTS FOR REFUGEES ∗ (1984)<br />
(a) Recognized the need for refugees to have documentation enabling them to establish their identity and<br />
noted that Article 27 of the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention requires Contracting States to issue<br />
identity papers to any refugee in their territory who does not have a valid travel document;<br />
(b) Recalled that in a conclusion adopted at its twenty-eighth session (A/32/12/Add.1, para. 53 (6)(e)) the<br />
Executive Committee recommended that recognized refugees should be issued documentation certifying their<br />
refugee status;<br />
(c) Noted with approval the general practice of States to provide refugees with documents, in the form<br />
prescribed by their national legislation, enabling them to establish their identity and their refugee status, and<br />
recommended that States which have not yet done so should ensure that refugees are provided with such<br />
documentation;<br />
(d) Recommended that asylum applicants whose applications cannot be decided without delay be provided<br />
with provisional documentation sufficient to ensure that they are protected against expulsion or refoulement<br />
until a decision has been taken by the competent authorities with regard to their application;<br />
(e) Noted that in countries where there is no provision for the formal recognition of refugee status, it may<br />
be necessary for <strong>UNHCR</strong>, with the consent of the authorities of the asylum country, to certify that a person is<br />
considered a refugee within the <strong>UNHCR</strong> mandate; and<br />
(f) Recognized the value of registering and issuing appropriate documentation to refugees in large-scale<br />
influx situations, and recommended that States which have not yet done so should undertake such registration<br />
and documentation programmes, where appropriate in cooperation with <strong>UNHCR</strong>.<br />
∗ CONCLUSION ENDORSED <strong>BY</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>EXECUTIVE</strong> COMMITTEE OF <strong>THE</strong> HIGH COMMISSIONER’S<br />
PROGRAMME UPON <strong>THE</strong> RECOMMENDATION OF <strong>THE</strong> SUB-COMMITTEE OF <strong>THE</strong> WHOLE ON<br />
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF REFUGEES<br />
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