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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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Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of Abdi Ali Mahamud v. the Netherlands (Appl. no. 64534/19) before the European Court of Human Rights

8 April 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Avis concernant la proposition de loi n° 55 0574/001 modifiant la loi du 15 décembre 1980 sur l'accès au territoire, le séjour, l'établissement et l'éloignement des étrangers en ce qui concerne la réglementation relative au regroupement familial

12 December 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Amicus curiae of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case X and THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, IRELAND AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

11 December 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of J. K. v. Switzerland (Appl. No. 15500/18) before the European Court of Human Rights

28 May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur vorgeschlagenen Einschränkung des Anspruchs auf Familienzusammenführung für Personen mit vorübergehendem Schutzstatus

1 May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.A. v. Denmark (Application no. 6697/18) before the European Court of Human Rights

21 January 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Equal Citizens, Thriving Families, Stronger Societies: Realizing Gender-Equal Nationality Rights in the Middle East-North Africa Region

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

Away from home, and all alone: Helping displaced children understand foster care (Handbook for Children in Foster Care)

April 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Handbook for Foster Parents

April 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Manual on Foster Care for Unaccompanied and Separated Children

April 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

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