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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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Asylum and international protection in the EU: strengthening cooperation and solidarity

January 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Principes directeurs sur la protection internationale no. 1: La persécution liée au genre dans le cadre de l'article 1A (2) de la Convention de 1951 et/ou son Protocole de 1967 relatifs au Statut des réfugiés

8 July 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Richtlinien zum Internationalen Schutz No. 1: Geschlechtsspezifische Verfolgung im Zusammenhang mit Artikel 1 A (2) des Abkommens von 1951 bzw. des Protokolls von 1967 über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge

7 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Richtlinien zum Internationalen Schutz No. 2: "Zugehörigkeit zu einer bestimmten sozialen Gruppe" im Zusammenhang mit Artikel 1 A (2) des Abkommens von 1951 bzw. des Protokolls von 1967 über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge

7 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Directrices sobre protección internacional no. 2: "Pertenencia a un determinado grupo social" en del contexto del Artículo 1A(2) de la Convención de 1951 sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados y/o su Protocolo de 1967

7 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Directrices sobre protección internacional no. 1: La persecución por motivos de género en el contexto del Artículo 1A(2) de la Convención de 1951 sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados, y/o su Protocolo de 1967

7 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Guidelines on International Protection No. 1: Gender-Related Persecution Within the Context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

7 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Guidelines on International Protection No. 2: "Membership of a Particular Social Group" Within the Context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

7 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Guidelines for Interviewing Unaccompanied Minors and Preparing Social Histories

October 1985 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

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