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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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Revisiting the Dublin Convention: Some Reflections by UNHCR in Response to the Commission Staff Working Paper

19 January 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Background Information on the Situation in the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Context of the Return of Asylum Seekers

1 August 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Extremely Vulnerable Individuals: The Need for Continuing International Support in Light of Difficulties to Reintegration Upon Return

1 November 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Moving Kosovars to Albania: A Specific Form of Humanitarian Evacuation

3 May 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Implementation of the Dublin Convention: Some UNHCR Observations

1 May 1998 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Background Information on the Situation in Belarus in the Context of the "Safe Third Country" Concept

1 March 1997 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Background Information on the Situation in Ukraine in the Context of the "Safe Third Country" Concept

1 October 1996 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Considerations on the "Safe Third Country" Concept

July 1996 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Certain Comments by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the Asylum and Immigration Bill 1995

19 January 1996 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

UNHCR intervention before the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany - Verfassungsbeschwerden zum neuen Asylrecht - mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht vom 21. - 23. November 1995

4 December 1995 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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