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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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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

A Call to Action. Protection Needs in the Northern Triangle of Central America - Proposal for a Regional response - Concept Paper

August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

ACNUR Informe Mundial 2012, Las Américas

June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

ACNUR Informe Mundial 2012, América del Norte y el Caribe

June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

Age, Gender and Diversity: Best Practice Compilation (Bureau for the Americas)

2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Compilación de Buenas Prácticas en Materia de Edad, Género y Diversidad (Oficina para las Américas)

2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

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