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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. In more than five decades, the agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. Today, a staff of around 7,092 people in 124 countries continues to help 35.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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The humanitarian hangover: transnationalization of governmental practice in Tanzania's refugee-populated areas

20 April 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UNHCR's withdrawal from Kiryandongo: anatomy of a handover

31 October 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Human rights and refugees: enhancing protection through international human rights law

15 October 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Negotiating humanitarian access in Angola: 1990 - 2000

1 June 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Organic Law on Rights and Freedoms of Aliens in Spain and Their Social Integration (Aliens Law); Summary and Comments by UNHCR

14 March 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR CDR Background Paper on the Human Rights Situation in Rwanda

1 January 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Opinion of UNHCR Regarding the Question of "Non-State Persecution", As Discussed With the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Parliament (Lower House) on 29 November 1999

29 November 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Agreement for Co-Operation between the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

3 July 1998 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

UNHCR and Human Rights

6 August 1997 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Briefing Note: UNHCR, Human Rights and Refugee Protection

1 July 1997 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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