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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 Policy on Age, Gender and Diversity

8 March 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2018Du34558 regarding claims for refugee status based on sexual orientation and gender identity

26 February 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR: LGBTI Youth Group – Lebanon

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Building Capacity for Protection of LGBTI Persons of Concern – Jordan

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

"We Keep It in Our Heart" - Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in the Syria Crisis

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

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

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

UNHCR Age, Gender and Diversity - Accountability Report 2016

June 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

L.C. (Albania) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department: Case for the Intervener

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

Gay and transgender refugees seek safety in the Middle East

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

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