League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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The League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was an international office established in the early 1920s to coordinate protection and assistance for refugees, particularly those displaced by World War I and its aftermath.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Nansen International Office for Refugees | 0 | 3 |
| Fridtjof Nansen International Office for Refugees | 0 | 1 |
| High Commissioner for Refugees | 0 | 1 |
| Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees under the League of Nations | 0 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
League of Nations body
→
international organization office → refugee agency → |
| appliesToJurisdiction | international → |
| archivesAt | United Nations Archives Geneva → |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Peace Prize
→
surface form:
1930 Nobel Peace Prize for Fridtjof Nansen
Nobel Peace Prize →
surface form:
1938 Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize → |
| country | Switzerland → |
| dissolved | 1930 → |
| fieldOfWork |
humanitarian aid
→
international law → migration → refugee protection → |
| firstHolder | Fridtjof Nansen → |
| focusesOn |
Armenian refugees
→
Assyrian refugees → Greek refugees → Russian refugees → refugees from World War I → |
| foundedBy | League of Nations → |
| hasPurpose |
assistance to refugees
→
coordination of international refugee policy → development of international refugee documents → facilitation of refugee resettlement → legal protection of refugees → protection of refugees → provision of material aid to refugees → |
| hasRole |
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
High Commissioner for Refugees
|
| hasSuccessor |
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Nansen International Office for Refugees
|
| headquartersLocation | Geneva → |
| inception | 1921 → |
| influenced |
UNHCR
→
surface form:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
|
| locatedInTime | interwar period → |
| mainSubject |
refugees
→
stateless persons → |
| namedAfter | Fridtjof Nansen → |
| notablePersonInRole | Fridtjof Nansen → |
| notableWork |
Nansen passport
→
surface form:
Nansen passport system
|
| operatedIn |
Armenian refugee communities
→
Europe → Middle East → Ottoman Empire successor states → Russia → |
| partOf | League of Nations → |
| precededBy | International Committee of the Red Cross refugee activities → |
| replacedBy |
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Nansen International Office for Refugees
|
| uses | Nansen passport → |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees under the League of Nations
this entity surface form:
Nansen International Office for Refugees
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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hasRole
→
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
self-linksurface differs
→
this entity surface form:
High Commissioner for Refugees
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
→
hasSuccessor
→
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
self-linksurface differs
→
this entity surface form:
Nansen International Office for Refugees
this entity surface form:
Fridtjof Nansen International Office for Refugees
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
→
replacedBy
→
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
self-linksurface differs
→
this entity surface form:
Nansen International Office for Refugees