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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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UNHCR Comments on the Draft Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Armenia on Refugees and Asylum Specifying the Role and Procedural Standards of Engagement of the National Security Service in Asylum Procedures.

7 May 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR comments on the Draft Law of the Republic of Armenia on Making Amendments and Supplements to the Law of the Republic of Armenia on Refugees and Asylum

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

Note du HCR sur le projet de loi pour une immigration maîtrisée et un droit d'asile effectif

5 March 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Note du HCR sur le projet de loi pour une immigration maîtrisée et un droit d'asile effectif

5 March 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Note du HCR sur le projet de loi pour une immigration maîtrisée et un droit d'asile effectif

5 March 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Note du HCR sur le projet de loi pour une immigration maîtrisée et un droit d'asile effectif

5 March 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Guidance Note on the Outflow of Venezuelans

March 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

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 Ukraine Legislative Updates (January - February 2018)

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

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