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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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Guidelines on International Protection No. 11 : Prima Facie Recognition of Refugee Status

24 June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Implementation of the Durable Solutions Process (Sarajevo Process) for refugees from Croatia displaced by the 91-95 conflict, including cessation of refugee status

April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note relative à la suspension de déclarations « de cessation générale » pour des personnes ou groupes particuliers, sur la base du droit acquis à l'unité de la famille

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

Note on Suspension of "General Cessation" Declarations in respect of particular persons or groups based on acquired rights to family unity

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

Ergänzende Stellungnahme des UNHCR zu den Voraussetzungen der Beendigung der Flüchtlingseigenschaft nach Art. 1 C (5) 1 des Abkommens von 1951 über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge (Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention)

October 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note sur l'annulation du statut de réfugié

22 November 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Nota sobre la cancelación del estatuto de refugiado

22 November 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note sur les clauses de cessation

30 May 1997 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note on Cessation Clauses

30 May 1997 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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