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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. UNHCR now has more than 16,803 personnel and work in a total of 134 countries to help 70.8 million persons.

 Website: www.unhcr.org
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UNHCR comments on the Amendments to the Legislation of the Republic of Armenia on Extradition and Asylum

June 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

A Thematic Compilation of Executive Committee Conclusions (7th Edition)

June 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

Guidance Note on safeguards against unlawful or irregular removal of refugees and asylum-seekers

January 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR asks Ukraine to free detained refugee, decline extradition request

20 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Germany

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

The UN Refugee Agency condemns refoulement of a refugee to Russian Federation

17 August 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Compilation thématique des conclusions du Comité exécutif

March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Guía relativa a la solicitud de medidas provisionales en virtud de la Regla 39 des Reglamento del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos para personas en necesidad de protección internacional

February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Toolkit on How to Request Interim Measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of the European Court of Human Rights for Persons in Need of International Protection

February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedure Reports - Universal Periodic Review: Morocco

November 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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