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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 European Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the member state responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast) - COM (2016) 270

22 December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Comments by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representation for Northern Europe on the revised Law Proposal amending the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens and other related laws (draft law 81 SE)

March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Observations by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representation for Northern Europe on the Draft Law Proposal of 05 December 2014 amending the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens

January 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR comments on the European Commission's Amended Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection status (Recast) COM (2011) 319 final

January 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Comentarios del ACNUR sobre la Propuesta de la Comisión Europea para la reforma del Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por el que se establecen los criterios y mecanismos para la determinación del Estado miembro responsable del examen de una solicitud de protección internacional presentada en uno de los Estados miembros por un nacional de un tercer país o por un apátrida ("Dublín II") (COM(2008) 820, de 3 de diciembre de 2008) y la Propuesta de la Comisión Europea para la reforma del Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativo al establecimiento del sistema «Eurodac» para el cotejamiento de huellas dactilares para la aplicación efectiva del [Reglamento de Dublín II] (COM(2008) 825, de 3 diciembre de 2008)

18 March 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Comments on the Draft Agreement between Canada and the United States of America for "Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims from Nationals of Third Countries"

26 July 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR's Observations on the European Commission's Proposal for a Council Regulation Establishing the Criteria and Mechanisms for Determining the Member State Responsible for Examining an Asylum Application Lodged in One of the Member States by a Third-Country National (COM (2001) 447 final)

1 February 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Revisiting the Dublin Convention: Some Reflections by UNHCR in Response to the Commission Staff Working Paper

19 January 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Implementation of the Dublin Convention: Some UNHCR Observations

1 May 1998 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Position Relating to the Resolution on Safe Countries of Origin (London, 30 November - 1 December 1992)

December 1992 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

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