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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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Observations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Case of X v Office of Immigration and Nationality (17.K.32.297/2013) before the Constitutional Court of Hungary

30 November 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Mapping Statelessness in Finland

November 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Scoping Paper: Statelessness in Ireland

October 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Mapping Statelessness in Malta

August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Mapping Statelessness in Malta

August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Statelessness determination procedures, Identifying and protecting stateless persons

August 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons

30 June 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

The Statelessness Round Table in Central Asia : Opening Remarks by UNHCR

4 October 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Roundtable on Statelessness Determination Procedures and Law Reform in Central Asia : Summary Conclusions

3 October 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

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