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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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THE COVID-19 CRISIS: KEY PROTECTION MESSAGES

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

Submission by the UNHCR in the case of S.S. and Others. v. Italy (Appl. No. 21660/18) before the European Court of Human Rights

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

Vulnerable refugees evacuated from Libya during visit of UNHCR head

19 June 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Vulnerable refugees evacuated from Libya during visit of UNHCR head

19 June 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Vulnerable refugees evacuated from Libya during visit of UNHCR head

19 June 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR launches new online database with human rights and refugee information in Spanish

6 April 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, CEDAW Quick Reference Guide: Statelessness and Human Rights Treaties

April 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Togo - COI Compilation

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

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

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

Addressing Security Concerns Without Undermining Refugee Protection - UNHCR's Perspective

17 December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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