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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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Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) residents and the determination of their refugee status claims

1 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Guatemala

March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review - Peru

March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Statelessness in the Canadian Context : An updated discussion paper

March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Ghana

February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures' Reports - Universal Periodic Review: Peru

February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures' Reports - Universal Periodic Review: Ukraine

February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies and UN Special Procedures' reports Universal Periodic Review: Sri Lanka

February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies and from reports by UN Special Procedures Mandate holders Universal Periodic Review: Republic of Korea

February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures' Reports - Universal Periodic Review: Ghana

February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

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