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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
- Annual Protection Reports 1
- Annual Reports 532
- Bilateral Treaties/Agreements 4
- Case Law Compilations/Analyses 19
- Chronologies of Events 88
- Commentaries 209
- Comments on National Legislation 111
- Compilations 120
- Concluding Observations 8
- Conclusions on International Protection 232
- Conference Reports 89
- Country Briefing Folders 14
- Country News 1,516
- Country Operations Plans 455
- Country Profiles 28
- Country Reports 395
- Country/Situation Specific Position Papers 259
- Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae 145
- Decisions 2
- General Comments/Recommendations 26
- Handbooks/Manuals 193
- International Legal Instruments 4
- Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries 349
- Legislative History / Travaux Préparatoires 15
- Maps 1,800
- Memoranda 2
- Memoranda of Understanding 45
- Mission Reports 1
- Multilateral Treaties/Agreements 112
- Notes on International Protection 33
- Operational Guidelines 21
- Policy/Position Papers 169
- Presidential Statements 1
- Query Responses 1
- Regional Reports 65
- Research, Background and Discussion Papers 547
- Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 19
- Sessional Reports 242
- Speeches/Statements 251
- Statistics 4
- Thematic Guidelines 92
- Thematic Reports 196
- Training Manuals 41
- UNHCR Country Updates 653
- Afghanistan 423
- Albania 18
- Algeria 48
- American Samoa 1
- Andorra 2
- Angola 47
- Anguilla 3
- Antigua and Barbuda 9
- Argentina 38
- Armenia 26
- Aruba 4
- Australia 46
- Austria 99
- Azerbaijan 22
- Bahamas 15
- Bahrain 12
- Bangladesh 51
- Barbados 13
- Belarus 26
- Belgium 35
- Belize 15
- Benin 34
- Bermuda 5
- Bhutan 9
- Bolivia 16
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 51
- Botswana 9
- Brazil 30
- British Virgin Islands 7
- Brunei Darussalam 10
- Bulgaria 55
- Burkina Faso 59
- Burundi 175
- Cambodia 18
- Cameroon 117
- Canada 55
- Cape Verde 4
- Cayman Islands 6
- Central African Republic 249
- Chad 172
- Chile 16
- China 25
- Colombia 98
- Comoros 4
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 318
- Congo, Republic of the 69
- Cook Islands 1
- Costa Rica 36
- Croatia 70
- Cuba 15
- Cyprus 10
- Czech Republic 24
- Côte d'Ivoire 126
- Denmark 30
- Djibouti 96
- Dominica 9
- Dominican Republic 16
- Ecuador 47
- Egypt 115
- El Salvador 34
- Equatorial Guinea 2
- Eritrea 130
- Estonia 7
- Ethiopia 353
- Falkland Islands 1
- Fiji 2
- Finland 20
- France 55
- French Guiana 4
- Gabon 13
- Gambia 30
- Georgia 36
- Germany 52
- Ghana 43
- Greece 181
- Grenada 9
- Guadeloupe 6
- Guatemala 34
- Guinea 51
- Guinea-Bissau 19
- Guyana 11
- Haiti 28
- Honduras 31
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 1
- Hungary 84
- Iceland 12
- India 21
- Indonesia 32
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 142
- Iraq 495
- Ireland 26
- Israel 15
- Italy 81
- Jamaica 12
- Japan 30
- Jordan 170
- Kazakhstan 14
- Kenya 212
- Kiribati 3
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 4
- Korea, Republic of 15
- Kuwait 13
- Kyrgyzstan 36
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 9
- Latvia 8
- Lebanon 377
- Lesotho 6
- Liberia 106
- Libya 139
- Liechtenstein 3
- Lithuania 5
- Luxembourg 12
- Madagascar 8
- Malawi 22
- Malaysia 33
- Maldives 2
- Mali 107
- Malta 20
- Marshall Islands 1
- Martinique 5
- Mauritania 64
- Mauritius 1
- Mexico 47
- Micronesia, Federated States of 2
- Moldova, Republic of 26
- Monaco 1
- Mongolia 5
- Montenegro 37
- Montserrat 2
- Morocco 23
- Mozambique 20
- Myanmar 111
- Namibia 15
- Nauru 6
- Nepal 33
- Netherlands 32
- Netherlands Antilles 4
- New Zealand 13
- Nicaragua 18
- Niger 111
- Nigeria 142
- Norway 23
- Oman 9
- Pakistan 125
- Palau 2
- Palestine, State of 22
- Panama 30
- Papua New Guinea 14
- Paraguay 16
- Peru 17
- Philippines 33
- Poland 39
- Portugal 10
- Puerto Rico 3
- Qatar 9
- Romania 45
- Russian Federation 60
- Rwanda 112
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 9
- Saint Lucia 10
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8
- Samoa 2
- San Marino 1
- Sao Tome and Principe 2
- Saudi Arabia 16
- Senegal 28
- Serbia 125
- Seychelles 1
- Sierra Leone 46
- Slovakia 31
- Slovenia 37
- Solomon Islands 3
- Somalia 483
- South Africa 33
- South Sudan 468
- Spain 21
- Sri Lanka 56
- Sudan 294
- Suriname 10
- Swaziland 10
- Sweden 46
- Switzerland 22
- Syrian Arab Republic 867
- Tajikistan 24
- Tanzania, United Republic of 125
- Thailand 60
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 61
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 12
- Togo 36
- Tonga 2
- Trinidad and Tobago 6
- Tunisia 58
- Turkey 234
- Turkmenistan 19
- Turks and Caicos Islands 5
- Tuvalu 2
- U.S. Virgin Islands 4
- Uganda 282
- Ukraine 188
- United Arab Emirates 12
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 84
- United States of America 91
- Uruguay 21
- Uzbekistan 17
- Vanuatu 2
- Venezuela 23
- Viet Nam 18
- Western Sahara Territory 16
- Yemen 258
- Zambia 42
- Zimbabwe 23
- 1951 Refugee Convention 83
- 1969 OAU Convention 15
- 1984 Cartagena Declaration 3
- Abduction 12
- Access to procedures 88
- Access to water 52
- Accession 3
- Acholi 1
- Administrative courts 2
- Administrative law 1
- Admission quotas 1
- Adoption 2
- Afars 1
- Africans 4
- Afro-Colombians 1
- Age discrimination 8
- Agents of persecution 2
- Ahmadis 1
- Airports 3
- Albanians 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 13
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
- Aliens 5
- Anti-terrorism law 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 3
- Arabs 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 34
- Armed attacks on camps 19
- Armed forces / Military 21
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 60
- Armenian 6
- Arrival 38
- Ashkaelian 2
- Asylum policy 112
- Asylum-migration nexus 165
- Asylum-seekers 934
- Azeri 1
- Baha'i 2
- Bantu 1
- Bengalis 1
- Berber 4
- Bihari 1
- Blood feuds 2
- Border conflict 24
- Border controls 49
- Border crossers 89
- Buddhist 2
- Burden of proof 10
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 99
- Camp management 23
- Cancellation 5
- Capacity building of state institutions 74
- Carrier sanctions 1
- Ceasefire 7
- Cessation clauses 57
- Changes of circumstances in home country 12
- Chechen 6
- Child labour 7
- Child prostitution 4
- Child soldiers 32
- Children's rights 122
- Children-at-risk 275
- Chinese 1
- Christian 19
- Citizenship / Nationality law 36
- Civil and political rights 4
- Civil rights legislation 1
- Civil war 15
- Civilian character of asylum 16
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 43
- Combatants / Former combatants 10
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 28
- Community development 32
- Complementary forms of protection 65
- Confidentiality 2
- Conflict prevention 5
- Conflict resolution 44
- Conflict situation 138
- Contemporary forms of slavery 4
- Convention Plus 42
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
- Convention refugee 3
- Corruption 6
- Country of origin information (COI) 24
- Credibility assessment 17
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimes against humanity 24
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 15
- Croats 1
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
- Customary law 1
- Czechs 2
- Darfuri 1
- Death in custody 1
- Death penalty 1
- Decision on admissibility 3
- Demobilization / Disarmament 1
- Democracy 4
- Denial of nationality 5
- Denial of refugee status 3
- Deportation / Forcible return 72
- Diplomatic assurances 2
- Disappeared persons 6
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 26
- Domestic violence 19
- Drug trafficking 3
- EU Qualification Directive 46
- Economic, social and cultural rights 14
- Effective protection 22
- Effective remedy 19
- Egyptians 3
- Elections 14
- Entry / Exit 5
- Equal opportunities 5
- Equality before the law 10
- Eritreans 14
- Ethiopians 10
- Ethnic cleansing 1
- Evacuation 4
- Evangelical 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 11
- Exclusion clauses 54
- Exiles 12
- Expedited procedures 6
- Expulsion 19
- Extended definition 15
- Extradition 19
- Extrajudicial executions 5
- Extreme poverty 10
- Family reunification 48
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 18
- Flight by land, air or sea 43
- Forced labour 4
- Forced marriage 8
- Forced relocation 1
- Foreign occupation 3
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 22
- Freedom of assembly and association 8
- Freedom of conscience 2
- Freedom of expression 17
- Freedom of information 6
- Freedom of movement 73
- Freedom of religion 9
- Freedom of speech 8
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 13
- Gender discrimination 62
- Gender mainstreaming 31
- Gender-based persecution 81
- Generalized violence 9
- Genocide 2
- Gio 1
- Global Consultations on international protection 102
- Good governance 5
- Good offices 2
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 1
- Grounds for persecution 6
- Group / Prima facie determination 4
- HIV and AIDS 60
- Habitual residence 2
- Haitians 2
- Harmful traditional practices 18
- Hazara 5
- High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges 36
- High Commissioner's Forum 33
- Hindu 4
- Hmong 2
- Honour killings 1
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 33
- Human Rights Council 83
- Human rights activists 15
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 78
- Human rights law 24
- Human rights monitors 3
- Humanitarian assistance 993
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 3
- IDP camps 175
- Illegal entry 21
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 11
- Immigrants 11
- Immigration Detention 84
- Immigration control after entry 2
- Immigration law 23
- Immunity 1
- Impunity 3
- Inclusion clauses 5
- Income-generating projects 1
- Independence of judiciary 2
- Indigenous persons 14
- Integration 185
- Internal armed conflict 143
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 50
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1,815
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1
- International armed conflict 12
- International courts and tribunals 1
- International criminal law 7
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 16
- International protection 288
- Involuntary repatriation 7
- Jehovah's Witness 4
- Jew 1
- Jurisdiction 2
- Juvenile justice system 1
- Kachin 9
- Karen 5
- Kazakhs 1
- Koreans 1
- Kosovar 6
- Kuchi 2
- Kunama 1
- Kurd 8
- Labour law 2
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 6
- Law of the sea 5
- Laws relating to religion 6
- Legal representation / Legal aid 25
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 50
- Livelihoods 86
- Location of camps 303
- Malinke / Mandingo 2
- Mandate status 7
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 4
- Mass exodus 21
- Maternal and child health care 8
- Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 3
- Mental harm 1
- Mental health 19
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 4
- Migrant rights 22
- Migrants 263
- Military operations 24
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 28
- Minorities 32
- Minority rights 6
- Mongols 1
- Montagnards 1
- Multiple nationality 3
- Muslim 25
- National security / Public order 8
- Naturalization 16
- Non-refoulement 133
- Non-self-governing territories 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 27
- Nuer 4
- Older persons 61
- One-child policy / Family planning 1
- Opposition 2
- Orderly return 13
- Oromo 1
- Palestinian 29
- Pashtun 2
- Passports 2
- Pastoralists 1
- Peace agreements 16
- Peace process 11
- Peacekeeping 13
- Pentecostal 1
- Persecution based on nationality 2
- Persecution based on political opinion 28
- Persecution of family members 8
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 37
- Persons not in need of international protection 68
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 300
- Persons with disabilities 75
- Piracy 2
- Police 6
- Political asylum 1
- Political groups 2
- Political parties 4
- Political situation 42
- Polygamy 1
- Population transfers 6
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2
- Pre-entry procedures 4
- Pre-trial detention 10
- Prevention of discrimination 13
- Prison or detention conditions 30
- Proof of nationality 4
- Property restitution 12
- Prosecution vs persecution 3
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 9
- Protection of camps 15
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 50
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
- Public health 42
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 17
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 10
- Readmission 2
- Reception 92
- Reconciliation 15
- Referendum 6
- Refoulement 53
- Refugee / Asylum law 144
- Refugee camps 556
- Refugee identity documents 24
- Refugee seamen 128
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 179
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 4
- Refugees 3,440
- Regional instruments 27
- Registration 73
- Reintegration 32
- Rejected asylum-seekers 15
- Rejection at border 7
- Religious discrimination 10
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 25
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 120
- Resettlement 349
- Residence permits / Residency 16
- Return conditions 123
- Returnees 358
- Right to a nationality 62
- Right to development 25
- Right to education 100
- Right to employment 28
- Right to family life 29
- Right to food 25
- Right to health 33
- Right to justice 3
- Right to liberty and security 10
- Right to life 3
- Right to registration at birth 45
- Right to return 11
- Right to seek asylum 41
- Right to self-determination 3
- Rights of non-citizens 13
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 30
- Roma 21
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 42
- Rwandans 2
- SGBV 179
- Sabean Mandean 2
- Safe country of origin 27
- Safe third country 69
- Saharawis 10
- Sami 1
- Secondary movement 92
- Security forces 12
- Security situation 291
- Serb 4
- Serious non-political crime 6
- Sexual and reproductive rights 17
- Shabak 7
- Sharia law 4
- Shia 9
- Sikh 3
- Single heads of household 1
- Single procedure 24
- Sinhalese 3
- Smuggling of persons 72
- Social group discrimination 17
- Social group persecution 51
- Somalis 97
- Spontaneous return 14
- Standard of proof 5
- State of emergency 8
- State protection 13
- Statelessness 434
- Statelessness Determination Procedures 12
- Stowaways 10
- Sufi 1
- Sunni 5
- Sur place persecution 2
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 22
- Suspensive effect 2
- Tajik 2
- Tamil 5
- Temporary admission 9
- Temporary protection 26
- Territorial asylum 9
- Terrorism 41
- Tibetan 1
- Torture 5
- Trafficking in persons 135
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 3
- Transit 10
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 5
- Travel documents 8
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 85
- Tuareg 3
- Turkmen 10
- UNHCR mandate 58
- Ukrainians 1
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 158
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 261
- Urban refugees 92
- Uzbek 5
- Visas 5
- Voluntary repatriation 295
- War crimes 6
- Well-founded fear of persecution 15
- Withdrawal of nationality 1
- Women's rights 63
- Women-at-risk 193
- Work permits 2
- Yazīdī 17
- Zoroastrian 2
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