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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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Legal considerations regarding claims for international protection made in the context of the adverse effects of climate change and disasters

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

Denmark: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Denmark - UPR 38th Session (2021)

October 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Mozambique: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Mozambique - UPR 38th Session (2021)

October 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Singapore: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Singapore - UPR 38th Session (2021)

October 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Belgium: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Belgium - UPR 38th Session (2021)

September 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR Observations on the proposed legislative amendments to the Norwegian Immigration Act and Regulations of 28 May 2020 concerning residence permit on grounds of subsidiary protection needs in situations of significant increase in the influx of asylum-seekers

31 August 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Comments: Proposal for an Act on amendments to the International Protection Act (Slovenia)

30 July 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Observations on the New Version of the Draft Law on Granting Protection to Foreigners and Stateless Persons (Ukraine)

May 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Bulgaria – UPR 36th Session (2019)

9 January 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Intimate Partner Violence and Asylum in the Americas: Canada, Chile, Mexico, Peru

22 November 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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