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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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Directrices sobre la Apatridia No. 1: La definición de "Apátrida" en el artículo 1(1) de la Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Apátridas de 1954

20 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Principes Directeurs Relatifs a l'Apatridie N° 1 : Définition du terme « apatride » inscrite à l'Article 1(1) de la Convention de 1954 relative au statut des apatrides

20 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Statelessness in Southern Africa

2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Legal Catch-22 leaves newborn child with citizenship "unknown"

29 December 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Statelessness: More than 3,000 stateless people given Turkmen nationality

7 December 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Mapping Statelessness in The United Kingdom

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

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

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

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies - Universal Periodic Review: Bahrain

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

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

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

Report on Statelessness in South Eastern Europe

September 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

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