CHAPTER II

BASIC PRINCIPLES AND GUARANTEES

The role of UNHCR
Article 21
1
Member States shall allow the UNHCR:
a
to have access to applicants for asylum, including those in detention and in airport or port transit zones;
b
to have access to information on individual applications for asylum, on the course of the procedure and on the decisions taken, provided that the applicant for asylum agrees thereto;
c
to present its views, in the exercise of its supervisory responsibilities under Article 35 of the Geneva Convention, to any competent authorities regarding individual applications for asylum at any stage of the procedure.
2
Paragraph 1 shall also apply to an organisation which is working in the territory of the Member State concerned on behalf of the UNHCR pursuant to an agreement with that Member State.