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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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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

Serbia as a country of asylum. Observations on the situation of asylum-seekers and beneficiaries of international protection in Serbia

August 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

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

July 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Update #3: Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) residents and the determination of their refugee status claims

28 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Totalrevision der Verordnung über die Ausstellung von Reisedokumenten für ausländische Personen vom 20. Januar 2010

March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Note on International Protection

31 May 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Back to Basics: The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and 'Alternatives to Detention' of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, Stateless Persons and Other Migrants

April 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UNHCR-Analyse der Regierungsvorlage für das Fremdenrechtsänderungsgesetz 2011

17 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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

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

Afghanistan Protection Cluster: Protection Overview (Southern Region 2010)

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

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