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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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Guidance Package for UNHCR's Engagement in Situations of Internal Displacement

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

No more excuses: Provide education to all forcibly displaced people

May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Joint UNHCR-OCHA Note on Mixed Situations Coordination in Practice

24 April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Action against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: An Updated Strategy

June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines for antiretroviral therapy management for displaced populations Southern Africa

2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Violencia sexual y por motivos de género en contra de personas refugiadas, retornadas y desplazadas internas. Guía para la prevención y respuesta

May 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons. Guidelines for Prevention and Response

May 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

22 July 1998 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

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