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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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UNHCR Return Advisory and Position on International Protection Needs of Iraqis Outside Iraq

18 December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

The Hague Programme two years on: UNHCR's Recommendations to the German Presidency of the European Union (January-June 2007)

December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Refugee status, subsidiary protection, and the right to be granted asylum under EC law

20 November 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Protecting refugees and asylum seekers under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1 November 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Complementary protection and beyond: How states deal with human rights protection

1 August 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Fourniture d'une protection internationale y compris par le biais de formes complémentaires de protection

2 June 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Providing International Protection Including Through Complementary Forms of Protection

2 June 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Protection Mechanisms Outside of the 1951 Convention ("Complementary Protection")

June 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

The provision of protection to asylum-seekers in destination countries

1 May 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

The European Union proposal on subsidiary protection: an analysis and assessment

31 December 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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