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- Abduction 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 1
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
- Border crossers 2
- Children-at-risk 1
- Citizenship / Nationality law 3
- Conflict resolution 1
- Crimes against humanity 1
- Disappeared persons 1
- Elections 1
- Extrajudicial executions 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 1
- Harmful traditional practices 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1
- Migrants 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 1
- Political situation 1
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1
- Refugee camps 4
- Refugees 16
- Right to education 1
- Security situation 2
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 2
- Statelessness 3
- Statelessness Determination Procedures 3
- Transit 1
- Voluntary repatriation 2
- Women's rights 1
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