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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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Displacement, Statelessness and Questions of Gender Equality under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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August 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Les femmes en quête d'asile et réfugiées en France
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June 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Female Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in France
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June 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Witchcraft allegations, refugee protection and human rights: a review of the evidence
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January 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2008
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29 June 2007
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Rights of Refugees in the Context of Integration: Legal Standards and Recommendations
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June 2006
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Alternatives to Detention of Asylum Seekers and Refugees
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April 2006
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Category: Policy Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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The Administration of Justice in Refugee Camps: A Study of Practice
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March 2006
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Protection Mechanisms Outside of the 1951 Convention ("Complementary Protection")
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June 2005
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Housing, Land and Property Rights in Post-Conflict Societies: Proposals for a New United Nations Institutional and Policy Framework
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March 2005
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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