Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons
This Handbook is intended to guide government officials, judges and practitioners, as well as UNHCR staff and others involved in addressing statelessness. It is hoped that the Handbook will provide a valuable resource for both statelessness determination and the development and implementation of law and policies relating to the protection of stateless persons.
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- 9 Feb 2022
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Thanks to the EU support, a new van donated to the Red Cross of Una Sana Canton
28 Oct 2021On 28 October 2021, the UNHCR Representative in BiH, Lucie Gagne, together with the Prime Minister of the Una-Sana Canton (USC), Mustafa Ruznic handed over a new van to the Red Cross of Una Sana Canton. The vehicle was procured within the project “Enhancing Social Cohesion in Communities Hosting People […]
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BiH authorities participated in a study visit to exchange knowledge with Italian asylum authorities
11 Oct 2021From 26 September until 3 October, a delegation from Bosnia and Herzegovina including representatives of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs, the Ministry of Security’s Sector for Asylum, and participated in a study visit to Italy. The visit was organized with the support of the Italian Government in the context of […]
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Support to education for better integration of refugee and asylum-seeking children
15 Sep 2021Thanks to the European Union, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, through its partner organization BHWI Foundation distributed IT equipment and school supplies to pupils and youth who are refugees and asylum-seekers in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the first half of September, aiming to improve access to educational materials and online […]
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Training for judges as another step towards eradicating statelessness in Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 Sep 2021Training for judges on the extrajudicial procedure to determine the time and place of birth was organized today by the Centre for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training of FBiH, UN Refugee Agency – UNHCR and Association “Vasa prava BiH”, with support from the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark, with the […]
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RHP: 32 families received keys to new apartments in Prijedor
12 Aug 2021After 29 years of displacement, an 86-year-old Koviljka Ljepoja can finally enjoy a view from her own balcony. She and her 58-year-old son are among the group of 32 families who received the keys of new apartments in the building constructed under the Regional Housing Programme in Prijedor. “Thank you […]
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UNHCR and the Ministry of Interior Commemorate the 2021 World Refugee Day in Montenegro through a series of events
29 Jun 202121 – 25 June 2021 Every year, on 20 June the world celebrates the strength and resilience of refugees, people who, due to war and persecution, have been stripped of everything but still carry on. By the end of 2020, conflict and persecution have forced more than 82 million people […]
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After 35 years, the nightmare of a legal limbo ends for a mother of 9 in Montenegro
29 Jun 2021Statelessness is like a family virus that you pass down to your children – and wearing a mask and washing hands does not help!
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Photo Exhibition on World Refugee Day in Tuzla
23 Jun 2021On 21 June, we marked World Refugee Day with Tuzla authorities to exhibit photos portraying the displaced, stateless and those assisting them. The exhibition was compiled through several unique themes essential to the mixed movement situation in BIH from 2018-2021 as well as people at risk of statelessness whom UNHCR […]
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UNOSAPG Adviser & UN USG, Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu visited RHP beneficiaries during her visit to BiH
19 Jun 2021During her inaugural visit to BiH, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and UN Under-Secretary-General Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu visited displaced families who benefitted from the Regional Housing Programme in Sarajevo. Ms. Wairimu Nderitu said that “ahead of World Refugee Day, I had the privilege to talk and […]