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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.

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UNHCR intervention before the House of Lords in the case of Zainab Esther Fornah (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)

14 June 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Posición del ACNUR con respecto a las solicitudes de la condición de refugiado según la Convención de 1951 sobre el Estatuto de Refugiado con base en temores de persecución por motivos de pertenencia de una persona a una familia o a un clan vinculado en una disputa mortal

17 March 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Position de l'UNHCR sur les demandes de statut de réfugié dans le cadre de la Convention de 1951 relative au Statut des Réfugiés, fondées sur une crainte de persécution en raison de l'appartenance d'un individu à une famille ou à un clan impliqué dans une vendetta

17 March 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR Position on Claims for Refugee Status Under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Based on a Fear of Persecution Due to an Individual's Membership of a Family or Clan Engaged in a Blood Feud

17 March 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR letter to Attorney General relating to the Matter of Rodi Alvarado Peña

9 January 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Refugee Protection in International Law: UNHCR's Global Consultations on International Protection

2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Directrices sobre protección internacional no. 2: "Pertenencia a un determinado grupo social" en del contexto del Artículo 1A(2) de la Convención de 1951 sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados y/o su Protocolo de 1967

7 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Richtlinien zum Internationalen Schutz No. 2: "Zugehörigkeit zu einer bestimmten sozialen Gruppe" im Zusammenhang mit Artikel 1 A (2) des Abkommens von 1951 bzw. des Protokolls von 1967 über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge

7 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Guidelines on International Protection No. 2: "Membership of a Particular Social Group" Within the Context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

7 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Gender-Related Persecution (Draft) [Global Consultations on International Protection/Second Track]

10 August 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

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