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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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Singapore: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Singapore - UPR 38th Session (2021)

October 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Somalia: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Somalia - UPR 38th Session (2021)

October 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR observations on the draft amendments to the Law on Refugees and Asylum and the Administrative Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia

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

Belgium: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Belgium - UPR 38th Session (2021)

September 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Lebanon: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Lebanon - UPR 37th Session (2021)

July 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Rwanda: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Rwanda - UPR 37th Session (2021)

July 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Practical Recommendations and Good Practice to Address Protection Concerns in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

9 April 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

THE COVID-19 CRISIS: KEY PROTECTION MESSAGES

31 March 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR Legal Considerations with regard to the EU Commission´s Guidelines for border management measures to protect health and ensure the availability of goods and essential services

18 March 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Key Legal Considerations on access to territory for persons in need of international protection in the context of the COVID-19 response

16 March 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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