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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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Refugee Protection in International Law: UNHCR's Global Consultations on International Protection

2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Article 31 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees: Non-Penalization, Detention and Protection [Global Consultations on International Protection/Second Track]

1 October 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

UNHCR Observations on the Draft Council Directive Defining the Facilitation of Unauthorised Entry, Movement and Residence and the Draft Council Framework Decision on the Strengthening of the Penal Framework to Prevent the Facilitation of Unauthorised Entry and Residence

12 March 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Comments on the French Presidency Proposals for a Council Directive and Council Framework Decision on Preventing the Facilitation of Unauthorised Entry and Residence

22 September 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Commentaires du HCR sur les initiatives de la Présidence française en vue de l'adoption de la directive et du projet de décision-cadre du Conseil relatifs à la définition et à la répression de l'aide à l'entrée et au séjour irréguliers

22 September 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

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