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Common questions
Is unhcr.org legit or a scam?
unhcr.org was registered May 4, 1997 (29 years old), per public registration records. AboutUs doesn't label sites "legit" or "a scam": this page lists the dated registration, DNS, HTTPS, mail-authentication and safety checks we could verify, each with its source, so you can decide for yourself.
Who owns unhcr.org?
Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for unhcr.org. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.
When was unhcr.org registered?
unhcr.org's registration dates to May 4, 1997 (29 years old), per public registration records. Amazon Registrar, Inc. is the registrar on record today.
The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Oct 3, 2026).
Registered 1997 · AboutUs's live check was blocked by the site's bot protection
UNHCR is the UN Refugee Agency, providing research databases and information on refugee law, policy, and country conditions. The site serves humanitarian organizations, policymakers, legal professionals, and researchers working with displaced populations.
AboutUs has not vetted this site. Everything below is what we could measure automatically. Anything you do on the site — paying, sharing personal details, downloading — is between you and the site, not AboutUs.
Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Domain registered May 4, 1997 — 29 years old.
latest result
Registrar on record: Amazon Registrar, Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 23, 2026).
Authority 85/100— ahead of 85% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear
Why this authority score
85 is a percentile: higher than 85% of sites we score.
How it's calculated
Prominence (Tranco rank #3,967)+9
Verified continuity: 29.4 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+5
Calibration adjustment (published map)+18
Model score: 43/99 — what these reason lines add up to.
Published Authority (percentile): 85/100 — this site's rank against the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 3 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 3 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
1997
Domain registered (May 4, 1997).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Sep 7, 2006); profile edited 3 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“UNHCR.org is an agency for United Nations refugees”
2026
Checked today — The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Oct 3, 2026).
✓ domain continuity 29 years registered– live check blocked the site's bot protection turned the check away Oct 3, 2026