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.


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.

Nansen passport administeredBy League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
this entity surface form: Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees under the League of Nations
Nansen passport associatedWith League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
this entity surface form: Nansen International Office for Refugees
Nansen passport associatedWith League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 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
Nansen passport introducedBy League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Fridtjof Nansen positionHeld League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Nansen Medal relatedTo League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
this entity surface form: Fridtjof Nansen International Office for Refugees
Nansen Refugee Award relatedTo League of Nations High Commissioner 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