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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Letter of the High Commissioner for Refugees to the Czech Republic European Union Presidency
28 May 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
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UNHCR Note on Diplomatic Assurances and International Refugee Protection
August 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
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UNHCR Note on the Principle of Non-Refoulement
November 1997 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
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The Principle of Non-Refoulement as a Norm of Customary International Law. Response to the Questions Posed to UNHCR by the Federal Constitutional Court of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cases 2 BvR 1938/93, 2 BvR 1953/93, 2 BvR 1954/93
31 January 1994 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
