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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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QD (Iraq) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department - Submissions by UNHCR

31 May 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Orellana-Monson and another v. Holder - Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as Amicus Curiae in support of the Petitioners and reversal of the BIA's decision

7 May 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Statement by UNHCR in Cases UM 8628-08, UM 334-09, UM 133-09, On the application of non-international armed conflict in Mogadishu

23 April 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Valdiviezo-Galdamez v. Holder, Attorney General. Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Petitioner

14 April 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Written Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Case Abdolkhani and Karimnia v. Turkey (Application No. 30471/08)

January 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

YS (Egypt) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent). Case for the Intervener (UNHCR)

19 November 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR Statement on the "Ceased Circumstances" Clause of the EC Qualification Directive

August 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Daniel Girmai Negusie, Petitioner, v. Michael Mukasey, United States Attorney General, Respondent. Brief Amicus Curiae of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Support of Petitioner

23 June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

N- A- M-, Petitioner, v. Michael Mukasey, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent. Brief for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner

19 June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR Advisory Opinion on the Interpretation of Certain Articles of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees to the Supreme Court of the Repubic of Belarus

May 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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