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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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Comments of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Proposed Rules from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (U.S. Department of Homeland Security): "Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility", "Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements", and "Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants"

21 February 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Comments of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Proposed Rule from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (U.S. Department of Justice): "Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility"

February 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, et al., v. William P. Barr ("East Bay Sanctuary (II)")

15 October 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES in the case GRACE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WILLIAM P. BARR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

31 July 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case INNOVATION LAW LAB, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KEVIN M. MCALEENAN, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Defendant-Appellant.

26 June 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the case O.L.B.D., petitioner, v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, respondent

11 March 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Options Paper 1: Options for governments on care arrangements and alternatives to detention for children and families (first published 2015, revised version 2019)

2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case S.M.S.R., et al., v. Donald J. Trump

10 December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in O.A., et al., v. Donald J. Trump

6 December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Brief of Amicus Curiae United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant et al v. Donald J. Trump

5 December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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