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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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International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing Somalia

September 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Procedures

2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Recommendations by UNHCR regarding the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the cases of: Kebe and Others v. Ukraine (Appl. No. 12552/12), Nur Ahmed and Others v. Ukraine (Appl. No. 42779/12), Nur and Others v. Ukraine (Appl. No. 77647/11) and M.S. v. Slovakia and Ukraine (Appl. No. 17189/11)

25 November 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Der Kindeswohlvorrang im Asylverfahrenskontext - Rechtliche Grundlagen und Empfehlungen für die Umsetzung in Österreich

June 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UNHCR Observations on the New Plan for Immigration policy statement of the Government of the United Kingdom

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

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Tajikistan – UPR 39th Session (2021)

April 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR-IOM-UNICEF Joint Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Greece - UPR 39th Session (2021)

April 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR Comments for the Parliament of the Republic of Albania on the Draft Law on Aliens

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

International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update VI

March 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Papua New Guinea – UPR 39th Session (2021)

March 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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