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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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Citizenship and Statelessness in the Horn of Africa

22 December 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Observations on the "Proposed Amendments to the Finnish Citizenship Act"

12 November 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Observations on the "Final report of the inquiry on language and social studies requirements for Swedish citizenship and other citizenship issues"

4 November 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Statelessness and Climate Change Factsheet

29 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Background Note on Discrimination in Nationality Laws and Statelessness

20 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

#IBelong Campaign Update, July – September 2021

20 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Philippines: Policy Briefs on Identified Legislative Priorities

13 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Comparative legal analysis of the national legislation and practices of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other Central Asian states in line with the provisions of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Fact Sheet: The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

25 August 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Note on International Protection

8 July 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Notes on International Protection

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