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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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Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.A. v. Denmark (Application no. 6697/18) before the European Court of Human Rights

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

UNHCR Guidance on the application of the internal flight alternative or relocation alternative to Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan in respect of an unaccompanied child

18 June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Submission from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to the legal representative in case numbers XXX, XXX and XXX before the Danish Refugee Appeal Board

2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR letter to legal counsel re guidance on the application of IFA/IRA particularly in respect of Mogadishu, Somalia

25 September 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Letter from UNHCR to counsel Re application of 'first country of asylum' and 'safe third country' concepts, particularly in respect of Tunisia

20 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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