UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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. Today, a staff of around 6,689 people in 116 countries continues to help 20.8 million persons.
Website: www.unhcr.org
- 1969 OAU Convention 2
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 2
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
- Asylum-seekers 3
- Child soldiers 2
- Civilian character of asylum 2
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
- Conflict situation 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 2
- Exclusion clauses 2
- Exiles 1
- Extrajudicial executions 2
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
- Generalized violence 2
- Harmful traditional practices 1
- Humanitarian assistance 4
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 9
- Livelihoods 1
- Peacekeeping 1
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 2
- Refugee camps 6
- Refugees 15
- Return conditions 1
- Returnees 1
- SGBV 3
- Security situation 3
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
- Urban refugees 1
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- Women's rights 2
- Women-at-risk 1
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