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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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UNHCR Observations on the Proposal for amendments to the Danish Aliens Act, the Return Act, the Criminal Code and various other acts and on the repeal of the Continuation of Rights Act in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union without an agreement (Follow-up on EU legislation, repeal of the Brexit Civil Code etc.) (UIM Id:2208098)

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

UNHCR Recommendations to Support the Work of the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families

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

Der Kindeswohlvorrang im Asylverfahrenskontext - Rechtliche Grundlagen und Empfehlungen für die Umsetzung in Österreich

June 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

2021 UNHCR Best Interests Procedure Guidelines: Assessing and Determining the Best Interests of the Child

May 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case G. v. G.

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

Technical Guidance: Child Friendly Procedures

2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2020HunGa1 and 2020HunBa119 before the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea

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

Niger: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Niger - 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

M.A.A. v. D.E.M.E.: Factum of the intervener (UNHCR)

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

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