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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.

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Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the case O.L.B.D., petitioner, v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, respondent

11 March 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – El Salvador – UPR 34th Session

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

Presentation by the Director of the Regional Bureau for the Americas at the UNHCR Standing Committee (2018)

5 March 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Young People on the Move and their engagement in Peace & Security: Case Study from the North of Central America and South Sudan

September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Northern Triangle of Central America Situation Factsheet (February 2017)

February 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of S.M. v. Spain (Appl. No 29659/16) before the European Court of Human Rights

30 January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

The 10-Point Plan in Action, 2016 Update, Chapter 4: Reception Arrangements

December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Diálogo Estructurado del Alto Comisionado sobre la Asociación ACNUR ‐IFRC‐ ONG Informe de misión de San Salvador Con el apoyo de PRM 9 de noviembre de 2016

9 November 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Mission Reports

Overview of UNHCR's operations in the Americas

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Central America And Mexico UNHCR Operational Update, 31 August 2016

31 August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

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