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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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Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies and from reports by UN Special Procedures Mandate holders Universal Periodic Review: Japan

February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Welcome to Japan: first Asian country joins UNHCR's resettlement programme

28 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Overview of Statelessness: International and Japanese Context

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report (Excerpts of Treaty Body Concluding Observations and Special Procedure Reports) - Universal Periodic Review: Japan

19 December 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Map of Japan Region as of January 2007

22 January 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2007 - Japan

1 September 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Operations Plans

UNHCR letter to the Tokyo Bar Association on the Causal Linkage Between a 1951 Convention Ground and the Risk of Being Persecuted

1 March 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Convention Plus: Targeting of Development Assistance for Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement. Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs

10 February 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Fair and Efficient Asylum Procedures: A Non-Exhaustive Overview of Applicable International Standards

2 September 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2006 - Japan

1 September 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Operations Plans

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