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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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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

Skeleton Argument on Behalf of the Intervener (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), in the Court of Appeal (C/2002/0751) on Appeal from the Immigration Appeal Tribunal, between Amer Mohammed El-Ali (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)

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

Manickavasagam Suresh (Appellant) and the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, the Attorney General of Canada (Respondents). Factum of the Intervenor, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ("UNHCR")

8 March 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

T.I. and the United Kingdom. Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

4 February 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Islam (A.P.) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Regina v. Immigration Appeal Tribunal and Another Ex Parte Shah (A.P.) (Conjoined Appeals). UNHCR Intervening: Case for the Intervener

25 March 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-Aguirre: Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent

21 January 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Verfassungsbeschwerden zum neuen Asylrecht - mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht vom 21. - 23. November 1995

4 December 1995 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Gene McNary, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. (Petitioners) v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc., et al. (Respondents). Brief Amicus Curiae of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees in Support of Respondents

October 1992 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Ward (Appellant) and the Attorney General of Canada (Respondent), Factum of the Intervenor, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

1992 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

The Haitian Refugee Center, Inc., et aI. v. James Baker, III, Secretary of State, et al.: Brief Amicus Curiae of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Appellees

31 December 1991 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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