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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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Comments of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the Proposed Rule from the U.S. Department of Justice (Executive Office for Immigration Review) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services): "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways"

20 March 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of H.Q. v. Hungary (Application no. 46084/21) before the European Court of Human Rights

17 March 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Factum of the Intervener United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case Mason v. Canada

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

Note on international protection

19 July 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Notes on International Protection

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Republic of Korea – UPR 42nd Session (2022)

July 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR's Comments on the Legislative Amendment Proposal to the Refugee Act of the Republic of Korea

15 April 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Effective processing of asylum applications: Practical considerations and practices

March 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Procedures

2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Opinion by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Petition of 21-Jinjeong-0274200 submitted to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea

December 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR Recommendations concerning the Upcoming Amendment of the Bylaw on Asylum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

September 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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