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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 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.I. v. Switzerland (Appl. No. 56390/21) before the European Court of Human Rights

October 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Need to Know Guidance: Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer Persons in Forced Displacement

2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Specific needs of asylum seekers in the Swiss asylum system

August 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Age, Gender and Diversity Considerations – COVID-19

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

YD (Algeria) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department: Skeleton Argument of the Intervener

21 February 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Turkey – UPR 35th Session (2019)

July 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Resettlement Assessment Tool: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Refugees

May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Alternatives to Detention Self-study Modules: Module 2/3

November 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Training Manuals

Alternatives to Detention Self-study Modules: Module 2/3

November 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Training Manuals

UNHCR Age, Gender and Diversity Accountability Report 2017

October 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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