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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 Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Kyrgyzstan – UPR 35th Session (2019)

July 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Turkey – UPR 35th Session (2019)

July 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case INNOVATION LAW LAB, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KEVIN M. MCALEENAN, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Defendant-Appellant.

26 June 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR's intervention before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador in the framework of Public Unconstitutionality Action No. 0014-19 (Ministerial Agreements and requirements for access to the territory of Venezuelans in Ecuador)

6 June 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs & Affirmance in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant et al v. Donald J. Trump

8 May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR Submission on Dominica: 33rd UPR Session

May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on Qatar: 33rd UPR Session

May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Submission on Democratic Republic of the Congo: 33rd UPR Session

May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Complementary Pathways for Admission of Refugees to Third Countries: Key Considerations

April 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Legal Considerations on State Responsibilities for Persons Seeking International Protection in Transit Areas or "International" Zones at Airports

17 January 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

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