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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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Gay and transgender refugees seek safety in the Middle East

15 August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Call to Action: Protection Needs in the Northern Triangle of Central America. UNHCR Discussion Paper. A Proposal for a Strategic Regional Response

August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

UNHCR Age, Gender and Diversity: Accountability Report 2015

June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

UNHCR intervention before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Bringas-Rodriguez v. Lynch, Attorney General

22 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Call to Action: Protection Needs in the Northern Triangle of Central America, UNHCR Discussion Paper (Draft): A Proposal for a Strategic Regional Response

2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Protecting Persons with Diverse Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities: A Global Report on UNHCR's Efforts to Protect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Asylum-Seekers and Refugees

December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR, Age, Gender and Diversity Good Practices in the Americas - "One step further, the methodology behind the practice"

December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response In Refugee Situations in the Middle East and North Africa - Executive Summary

25 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Age, Gender and Diversity - UNHCR Accountability Report 2014

15 July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

UNHCR helps gay Congolese rejected by his mother find a new home

16 December 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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