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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 Comments: Proposal for an Act on amendments to the International Protection Act (Slovenia)

30 July 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Comments: Proposal for an Act on amendments to the Foreigners Act (EVA 2018-1711-0004) (Slovenia)

16 July 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Recommendations by UNHCR on Slovenia's Draft Act of 12 October 2016 amending the Aliens Act of 22 May 2014

December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Note on the 2nd Revision of the Draft Proposed Amendments to the Law on Asylum of the Republic of Slovenia

12 December 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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