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

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

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

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

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

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

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2016

8 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review: Haiti

March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Observations by the Representative Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kyrgyz Republic on the draft Law on Amendments to Certain Legal Acts of Kyrgyz Republic ("Deprivation of Nationality as a Measure of Counteraction to Terrorist Activities")

March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Observations on the modalities surrounding the Citizenship Test (Medborgerskabsprøven) and the Naturalization Test (Indfødsretsprøven)

25 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

I Am Here, I Belong: The Urgent Need to End Childhood Statelessness

3 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Je Suis Là, J'Existe: L'Urgente Nécessité de Mettre Fin à l'Apatridie

3 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Aquí Estoy, Aquí Pertenezco: La Urgente Necesidad de Acabar con la Apatridia Infantil

3 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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