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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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More than one million children flee South Sudan violence

8 May 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Good Practices Paper - Action 2: Ensuring that no child is born stateless

20 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Child protection Issue Brief : Family Tracing and Reunification

January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

UNHCR's position regarding the detention of refugee and migrant children in the migration context

January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNICEF, CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child: Quick Reference Guide - Statelessness and Human Rights Treaties

January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Lebanon - Child Protection: January - December 2016

31 December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges: Children on the Move - Background Paper

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

Observations by the UNHCR Regional Representation for Northern Europe on the Inquiry "Barnkonventionen blir svensk lag" SOU 2016:19

14 October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Conclusion of the Executive Committee on youth No. 113 (LXVII) 2016

6 October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

Conclusion du Comité exécutif sur les jeunes Nº 113 (LXVII) 2016

6 October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

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