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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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UNHCR's Oral Intervention at the Court of Justice of the European Union- Hearing of the case of El Kott and Others v. Hungary (C-364/11)

15 May 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR Observations in the case C-364/11 El Kott and Others regarding the interpretation of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention and Article 12(1)(a) of the Qualification Directive

27 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Refugees in Iraq camp to enjoy more services, rights after registration

4 July 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR Syria: Fact Sheet, August 2010

August 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Revised Note on the Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian Refugees

October 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Map of Locations of Groups of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Iraq, July 2007

July 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

Aide-Mémoire: Protecting Palestinians in Iraq and Seeking Humanitarian Solutions for Those Who Fled the Country

December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Note sur l'applicabilité de l'article 1D de la Convention de 1951 relative au Statut des réfugiés aux réfugiés palestiniens

2 October 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note über die Anwendbarkeit von Artikel 1D des Abkommens von 1951 über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge auf palästinensische Flüchtlinge

2 October 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note on the Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian Refugees

2 October 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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