League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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League of Nations body international organization office refugee agency

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees canonical	4
Nansen International Office for Refugees	3
Fridtjof Nansen International Office for Refugees	1
High Commissioner for Refugees	1
Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees under the League of Nations	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T47631 — 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: League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Context triple: [Nansen Refugee Award, relatedTo, League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]

A. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
B. Filippo Grandi as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Filippo Grandi is an Italian diplomat and humanitarian official who serves as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, leading the UN’s global response to refugee and displacement crises.
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. International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law 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: League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Target entity description: 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.

A. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is the UN’s principal body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide through monitoring, advocacy, and support to states and international mechanisms.
B. Filippo Grandi as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Filippo Grandi is an Italian diplomat and humanitarian official who serves as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, leading the UN’s global response to refugee and displacement crises.
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. International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	League of Nations body ⓘ international organization office ⓘ refugee agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	international ⓘ
archivesAt	United Nations Archives Geneva ⓘ
awardReceived	1930 Nobel Peace Prize for Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ linked to: Nobel Peace Prize 1938 Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ linked to: 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	High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ linked to: League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
hasSuccessor	Nansen International Office for Refugees ⓘ linked to: League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ
inception	1921 ⓘ
influenced	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ linked to: UNHCR
locatedInTime	interwar period ⓘ
mainSubject	refugees ⓘ stateless persons ⓘ
namedAfter	Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ
notablePersonInRole	Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ
notableWork	Nansen passport system ⓘ linked to: Nansen passport
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	Nansen International Office for Refugees ⓘ linked to: League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
uses	Nansen passport ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Nansen Refugee Award → relatedTo → League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ

Nansen passport → introducedBy → League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ

Nansen passport → administeredBy → Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees under the League of Nations ⓘ