Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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United Nations document founding statute international legal instrument

The Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is the foundational legal instrument that defines UNHCR’s mandate, functions, and responsibilities for the international protection of refugees and the search for durable solutions to their plight.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
UNHCR Statute	1
UNHCR to seek permanent solutions for the problem of refugees	1
mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations document ⓘ founding statute ⓘ international legal instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedThrough	United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) ⓘ
adoptionDate	1950-12-14 ⓘ
appliesTo	refugees under the competence of UNHCR ⓘ
bindingOn	United Nations system ⓘ
cameIntoEffect	1951-01-01 ⓘ
character	humanitarian ⓘ non-political ⓘ
citationForm	Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees self-link ⓘ
definesFunctionsOf	UNHCR ⓘ surface form: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
definesMandateOf	UNHCR ⓘ surface form: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
definesResponsibilitiesOf	UNHCR ⓘ surface form: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
definesRoleOf	Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme ⓘ UNHCR ⓘ surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
establishes	UNHCR ⓘ surface form: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
establishesHeadquartersOf	UNHCR ⓘ surface form: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
governs	organizational framework of UNHCR ⓘ scope of UNHCR’s competence ⓘ
headquartersLocationSpecifiedAs	Geneva ⓘ
includesProvisionOn	assimilation of refugees within new national communities ⓘ resettlement of refugees ⓘ voluntary repatriation of refugees ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor	Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
mandates	UNHCR to assist governments in efforts to protect refugees ⓘ UNHCR to promote international agreements for refugee protection ⓘ Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UNHCR to seek permanent solutions for the problem of refugees UNHCR to supervise application of international conventions for the protection of refugees ⓘ
providesFor	appointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ cooperation between UNHCR and governments ⓘ non-political and humanitarian character of UNHCR’s work ⓘ reporting by UNHCR to the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
purpose	international protection of refugees ⓘ search for durable solutions for refugees ⓘ
relatedTo	1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
requires	States to cooperate with UNHCR ⓘ
setsTermOfOfficeFor	UNHCR ⓘ surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
shortName	Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UNHCR Statute
subjectMatter	international refugee law ⓘ refugee protection ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) → approved → Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ

Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → citationForm → Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees self-link ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) → hasAnnex → Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ

ExCom → legalBasis → Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ

UNHCR → legalBasis → Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ

Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → legalBasisFor → Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → mandates → Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNHCR to seek permanent solutions for the problem of refugees

Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → shortName → Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNHCR Statute