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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Summary Conclusions on International Protection of Persons Fleeing Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence; Roundtable 13 and 14 September 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
20 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
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Guías sobre las solicitudes de asilo relativas a la mutilacion genital feminina
May 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
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Guidance Note on Refugee Claims relating to Female Genital Mutilation
May 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers |
