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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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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

Austria: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Austria - UPR 37th Session (2021)

July 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Options Paper 2: Options for governments on open reception and alternatives to detention (first published 2015, revised version 2020)

2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Rechtsvertretung von unbegleiteten Kindern und Jugendlichen im Asylverfahren

April 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

UNHCR-Analyse des Entwurfs für ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem ein Bundesgesetz über die Verarbeitung von Fluggastdaten zur Vorbeugung, Verhinderung und Aufklärung von terroristischen und bestimmten anderen Straftaten (PNR-Gesetz – PNR-G) erlassen und das Bundeskriminalamt-Gesetz geändert wird

21 February 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR-Analyse des Entwurfs für ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem ein Bundesgesetz über die Verarbeitung von Fluggastdaten zur Vorbeugung, Verhinderung und Aufklärung von terroristischen und bestimmten anderen Straftaten (PNR-Gesetz – PNR-G) erlassen und das Bundeskriminalamt-Gesetz geändert wird

21 February 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR-Analyse des Entwurfs für ein Integrationsgesetz

8 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

High Commissioner's opening statement at the 67th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme

3 October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

UNHCR Concerned by build up along borders and additional hardships for refugees and asylum seekers

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

Europe's Refugee Emergency Response - Update #10, 6 – 12 November 2015

12 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

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