TY - JOUR
AU - Edwards, Alice
AB - OUP International Journal of Refugee Law, 2015, Vol. 27, No. 1, 166–171 doi:10.1093/ijrl/eev008 Introductory Note to the Guidelines on International Protection No. 10 on Claims to Refugee Status related to Military Service Volker Türk* & Alice Edwards† UNHCR published the tenth set of Guidelines on International Protection in the series, on claims to refugee status related to military service. These Guidelines update UNHCR’s ‘Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees’. The Guidelines provide a legal authoritative interpretation of the refugee defini - tion in Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convection and/or the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees in relation to claims involving military service. Issued pursu- ant to UNHCR’s supervisory responsibility over the implementation of the 1951 Convention/1967 Protocol, they address both substantive and procedural aspects for the determination of such refugee claims and are intended to guide governments, legal practitioners, decision-makers and the judiciary, as well as UNHCR staff carry - ing out refugee status determination under the Organization’s mandate. The Guidelines draw upon general rules of international law and treaty interpretation, the latest Assistant High Commissioner (Protection), United Nations High 
TI - Introductory Note to the Guidelines on International Protection No. 10 on Claims to Refugee Status related to Military Service
JO - International Journal of Refugee Law
DO - 10.1093/ijrl/eev008
DA - 2015-03-21
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/introductory-note-to-the-guidelines-on-international-protection-no-10-fTLBR902SS
SP - 166
EP - 171
VL - 27
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -