National Council for Refugees

E572071

governmental body refugee authority

The National Council for Refugees is a Brazilian governmental body responsible for formulating and overseeing policies and decisions related to the protection, recognition, and rights of refugees in Brazil.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Comitê Nacional para os Refugiados	2
National Council for Refugees canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6123909 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Council for Refugees
Context triple: [Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Brazil, hasComponent, National Council for Refugees]

A. International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian organization that provides emergency aid, protection, and long-term support to people affected by conflict and disaster.
B. Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
The Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights is a Chicago City Council body that focuses on policies, protections, and services affecting immigrants and refugees in the city.
C. UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
D. War Refugee Board
The War Refugee Board was a U.S. government agency established during World War II to aid and rescue Jews and other persecuted groups threatened by Nazi Germany.
E. American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker-founded organization dedicated to peace, social justice, and humanitarian service worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Council for Refugees
Target entity description: The National Council for Refugees is a Brazilian governmental body responsible for formulating and overseeing policies and decisions related to the protection, recognition, and rights of refugees in Brazil.

A. International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian organization that provides emergency aid, protection, and long-term support to people affected by conflict and disaster.
B. Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
The Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights is a Chicago City Council body that focuses on policies, protections, and services affecting immigrants and refugees in the city.
C. UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
D. War Refugee Board
The War Refugee Board was a U.S. government agency established during World War II to aid and rescue Jews and other persecuted groups threatened by Nazi Germany.
E. American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker-founded organization dedicated to peace, social justice, and humanitarian service worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governmental body ⓘ refugee authority ⓘ
abbreviation	CONARE ⓘ
appliesLaw	1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ linked to: 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees Brazilian Refugee Law No. 9.474/1997 ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ linked to: UNHCR
country	Brazil ⓘ
fieldOfWork	asylum policy ⓘ human rights ⓘ refugee protection ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch ⓘ
hasScope	national ⓘ
jurisdiction	Federative Republic of Brazil ⓘ linked to: Brazil
languageOfWorkOrName	Portuguese ⓘ
legalBasis	Brazilian Refugee Law ⓘ Law No. 9.474/1997 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Federal District (Brazil) ⓘ
location	Brasília ⓘ
mandate	to protect, recognize, and guarantee rights of refugees in Brazil ⓘ
nativeName	Comitê Nacional para os Refugiados ⓘ linked to: National Council for Refugees
operatedBy	Government of Brazil ⓘ linked to: Brazilian government
parentOrganization	Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Brazil ⓘ linked to: Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública
responsibleFor	ensuring rights of recognized refugees ⓘ issuing decisions on asylum applications ⓘ refugee status determination in Brazil ⓘ
role	adjudication of asylum claims ⓘ coordination of actions related to refugees ⓘ formulation of refugee policies in Brazil ⓘ implementation of international refugee obligations ⓘ protection of refugees ⓘ recognition of refugee status ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
shortName	National Council for Refugees ⓘ
topic	international protection ⓘ migration policy ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	policy-making body ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Brazil → hasComponent → National Council for Refugees ⓘ

MJSP → oversees → Comitê Nacional para os Refugiados ⓘ

linked to: National Council for Refugees

National Council for Refugees (Brazil) → nativeName → Comitê Nacional para os Refugiados ⓘ

subject linked to: National Council for Refugees