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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
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Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report (Excerpts of Treaty Body Concluding Observations and Special Procedure Reports) - Universal Periodic Review: Netherlands

19 November 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Case Between Mir Isfahani and the Netherlands - Application 31252/03

May 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Resettlement Handbook (country chapters last updated September 2009)

1 November 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Implementation of the Aliens Act 2000: UNHCR's Observations and Recommendations

July 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries

Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Netherlands, the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

18 March 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

K.K.C. and the Netherlands. Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

15 November 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

General Agreement between the Minister for Development Co-operation of the Netherlands and UNHCR

May 1991 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

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