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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.

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Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme Conclusion No. 116 (LXXIII) on mental health and psychosocial support

October 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

Gender-based violence prevention, risk mitigation and response during COVID-19

26 March 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) – COVID-19

21 March 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Afghanistan: Compilation of Country of Origin Information (COI) Relevant for Assessing the Availability of an Internal Flight, Relocation or Protection Alternative (IFA/IRA/IPA) to Kabul

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

Culture, Context and Mental Health of Rohingya Refugees: A review for staff in mental health and psychosocial support programmes for Rohingya refugees

2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Guidance Note on the Psychologically Vulnerable Applicant in the Protection Visa Assessment Process

November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

Community-Based Protection & Mental Health & Psychosocial Support

June 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Au coeur des faits : évaluation de la crédibilité des demandes d'asile présentées par les enfants au sein de l'Union européenne

June 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Hungary: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Hungary – UPR 25th Session (2016)

May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Doctors face uphill task to treat Syria's mental wounds

11 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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