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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-Empfehlungen im Rahmen der Vernehmlassung zur Änderung des Schweizer Asylgesetzes (AsylG)

October 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Schweizerischen Verordnung über das zentrale Visa-Informationssystem (C-VIS) und das nationale Visumsystem (ORBIS) (Weiterentwicklung des Schengen-Besitzstands)

August 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Compilation of recommendations relating to statelessness made during the Second Cycle (13th - 16th sessions) of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review

11 July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

UNHCR-Stellungnahme im Zusammenhang mit der Initiative 13.425 zur Abschaffung des Rechts auf Familienzusammenführung von vorläufig aufgenommenen Personen

June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Building Empirical Research into Alternatives to Detention: Perceptions of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Toronto and Geneva

June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Straflosigkeit der illegalen Einreise von Flüchtlingen (Artikel 31 Abs. 1 der Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention)

May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Verwaltungshilfe für Flüchtlinge

May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR-Empfehlungen im Zusammenhang mit der Totalrevision des Bundesgesetzes über das Schweizer Bürgerrecht

April 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR-Stellungnahme im Zusammenhang mit der Volksabstimmung am 9. Juni 2013 über dringliche Änderungen des Schweizer Asylgesetzes

April 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Verhütung von Straftaten im Zusammenhang mit Menschenhandel

April 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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