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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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UNHCR RSD Procedural Standards Unit 2.7: Legal Representation in UNHCR RSD Procedures

26 August 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

UNHCR RSD Procedural Standards Unit 2.8: Children in UNHCR RSD Procedures

26 August 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

UNHCR RSD Procedural Standards Unit 2.9: Applicants with Mental Health Conditions or Intellectual Disabilities in UNHCR RSD Procedures

26 August 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Aide-Memoire & Glossary of case processing modalities, terms and concepts applicable to RSD under UNHCR's Mandate (The Glossary)

2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Resettlement Assessment Tool: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Refugees

May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status and Guidelines on International Protection Under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

April 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Guide des Procédures et Critères à Appliquer Pour Déterminer le Statut de Réfugié et Principes Directeurs Sur la Protection Internationale

February 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Need to Know Guidance: Working with Persons with Disabilities in Forced Displacement

2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

2019 Compliance Update: Machine-Readable Convention Travel Documents for Refugees and Stateless Persons

2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Good practices in nationality laws for the prevention and reduction of statelessness

November 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

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