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- Abduction 1,835
- Abkhazians 110
- Aborigine 28
- Abuse of psychiatry 137
- Access to procedures 843
- Access to water 420
- Accession 7
- Acehnese 23
- Acholi 16
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 29
- Acts of persecution 44
- Adivasis 22
- Administrative courts 98
- Administrative law 126
- Admission quotas 12
- Adoption 128
- Adygey 1
- Afars 43
- Africans 102
- Afro-Colombians 19
- Age discrimination 32
- Agents of persecution 30
- Ahmadis 414
- Ahwazi 30
- Aimaq 2
- Ainu 9
- Airports 405
- Ajarians 4
- Aka 3
- Akan 18
- Akhdam 1
- Alawi 100
- Albanians 80
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 161
- Alevis 49
- Aliens 226
- Altai 1
- Amazonian Indians 23
- Amhara 52
- Amish 1
- Andaman Islanders 3
- Anglican 537
- Animist 400
- Anti-terrorism law 335
- Anuak 9
- Aostans 1
- Apartheid 250
- Appeal / Right to appeal 516
- Arabs 260
- Arará 2
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 8,589
- Arhuaco 1
- Armed attacks on camps 158
- Armed forces / Military 4,243
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 8,261
- Armenian 254
- Arrival 58
- Ashaninka 3
- Ashanti 32
- Ashkaelian 28
- Ashraf 9
- Assamese 8
- Assemblies of God 202
- Assyrians 61
- Asylum policy 599
- Asylum-migration nexus 410
- Asylum-seekers 3,309
- Avars 16
- Awá 6
- Aymara 6
- Ayoreo 1
- Azeri 123
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- Baganda 8
- Baha'i 1,079
- Bail 111
- Bajuni 22
- Bakhtiari 4
- Bakongo 31
- Balkars 10
- Baluchis 108
- Bamileke 7
- Bantu 23
- Banyamulenge 10
- Banyarwanda 11
- Baptist 1,072
- Barabaig 4
- Bari 2
- Basarwa 10
- Bashkirs 8
- Basongora 2
- Basques 29
- Basters 3
- Batak 2
- Batwa 49
- Bedoon 123
- Beja 6
- Belarusians 14
- Bellah 2
- Bemba 11
- Benadiri 18
- Benefit of the doubt 14
- Bengalis 26
- Berber 72
- Berti 4
- Bihari 47
- Blood feuds 84
- Bodos 5
- Border conflict 920
- Border controls 476
- Border crossers 257
- Bosnian 54
- Bouganvilleans 3
- Bubi 1
- Buddhist 1,045
- Bulgarians 27
- Burakumin 6
- Burden of proof 152
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 260
- Buryat 8
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- Cabinda 36
- Caferis 3
- Calvinist 27
- Camp management 81
- Cancellation 7
- Capacity building of state institutions 164
- Caribs 10
- Carrier sanctions 17
- Catholic 2,132
- Ceasefire 635
- Celts 5
- Cessation clauses 137
- Chakma 6
- Chaldean 67
- Cham 11
- Changes of circumstances in home country 172
- Chechen 569
- Cherkess 1
- Child labour 3,554
- Child prostitution 2,159
- Child soldiers 1,791
- Children's rights 8,861
- Children-at-risk 5,129
- Chin 42
- Chinese 110
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 57
- Christian 3,403
- Christian Scientist 15
- Chukchi 2
- Chuvash 8
- Circassians 113
- Citizenship / Nationality law 899
- Civil and political rights 1,327
- Civil rights legislation 53
- Civil war 522
- Civilian character of asylum 39
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 207
- Combatants / Former combatants 535
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 1,320
- Community development 63
- Complementary forms of protection 327
- Confidentiality 25
- Conflict prevention 169
- Conflict resolution 1,589
- Conflict situation 2,794
- Confucianist 82
- Congregationalist 64
- Constitutional law 519
- Contemporary forms of slavery 315
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 323
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 303
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 61
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 397
- Convention Plus 42
- Convention refugee 134
- Copts 227
- Corruption 3,245
- Corsicans 3
- Cossacks 47
- Country of origin information (COI) 1,281
- Coup d'état 587
- Credibility assessment 922
- Creoles 11
- Crime prevention 219
- Crimean Tatars 92
- Crimean Tatars 4
- Crimes against humanity 1,094
- Crimes against peace 22
- Criminal justice 6,000
- Croats 42
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 13
- Customary law 30
- Czechs 26
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- Dalit 63
- Danes 4
- Darfuri 26
- Dargins 7
- Darod 52
- Dayaks 7
- Death in custody 542
- Death penalty 2,577
- Death squads 129
- Decision on admissibility 114
- Demobilization / Disarmament 634
- Democracy 1,042
- Denial of nationality 83
- Denial of refugee status 518
- Deportation / Forcible return 2,997
- Dera Sacha Sauda 5
- Derivative status 31
- Dinka 24
- Diolas 8
- Dioula 9
- Diplomatic assurances 51
- Diplomatic asylum 11
- Diplomatic protection 9
- Disappeared persons 4,900
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 8,111
- Dolgan 1
- Domestic violence 1,749
- Drug trafficking 822
- Druze 92
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- East Caprivians 10
- Economic, social and cultural rights 4,268
- Effective protection 445
- Effective remedy 1,508
- Egyptians 34
- Election law 127
- Elections 6,445
- Embargo 175
- Embera 4
- Emergency legislation 69
- Emigrants 168
- Endorois 9
- Entry / Exit 268
- Entry into force 1
- Enxet 4
- Episcopalian 109
- Equal opportunities 190
- Equality before the law 471
- Eritreans 69
- Ethiopians 59
- Ethnic cleansing 171
- EU Qualification Directive 178
- Evacuation 35
- Evangelical 800
- Evenk 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1,057
- Ewe 19
- Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 55
- Exclusion clauses 281
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 91
- Exiles 282
- Expedited procedures 45
- Expulsion 727
- Extended definition 21
- Extradition 606
- Extrajudicial executions 5,491
- Extreme poverty 504
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- False documents 206
- Falun Gong 301
- Family law 142
- Family reunification 299
- Faroese 1
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 722
- Fijians 31
- Filipinos 34
- Finno-Ugric 9
- Flight by land, air or sea 123
- Forced labour 5,530
- Forced marriage 656
- Forced relocation 122
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 116
- Foreign occupation 877
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 9,667
- Freedom of assembly and association 9,823
- Freedom of conscience 846
- Freedom of expression 29,459
- Freedom of information 14,320
- Freedom of movement 4,842
- Freedom of religion 11,986
- Freedom of speech 11,660
- French 2
- Fresh / New claim 73
- Frisians 9
- Friulians 1
- Fulani 41
- Fur 10
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- Ga 1
- Gaboye 10
- Gagauz 20
- Galicians 1
- Gang related violence 175
- Garinagu 9
- Gender discrimination 5,086
- Gender mainstreaming 170
- Gender-based persecution 733
- Generalized violence 194
- Genocide 636
- Germans 42
- Gio 2
- Global Consultations on international protection 120
- Good governance 2,611
- Good offices 29
- Greeks 23
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 125
- Grounds for persecution 130
- Group / Prima facie determination 53
- Guambiano 1
- Guaraní / Mbyá 6
- Guaymi 2
- Gujaratis 10
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- Habeas corpus 123
- Habitual residence 51
- Hadza 3
- Haitians 88
- Han 27
- Haratin 8
- Hare Krishna 252
- Harmful traditional practices 372
- Hazara 122
- Hema 5
- High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges 36
- High Commissioner's Forum 33
- Hijacking 33
- Himba 5
- Hindu 992
- Hispanic 1
- HIV and AIDS 1,190
- Hmong 175
- Honamese 2
- Honour killings 243
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2,673
- Huang Jiao 5
- Huaorani 1
- Hui 14
- Human rights activists 5,839
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 15,853
- Human Rights Council 1,798
- Human rights courts 268
- Human rights law 178
- Human rights monitors 1,600
- Humanitarian assistance 3,216
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 29
- Hungarians 64
- Hutus 161
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- Iban 2
- Ibo 23
- IDP camps 825
- Igorots 3
- Ijaw 30
- Iko 1
- Illegal entry 285
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 586
- Illegitimate children 37
- Ilois 1
- Immigrants 508
- Immigration control after entry 54
- Immigration Detention 1,331
- Immigration law 891
- Immunity 123
- Impunity 3,393
- Inclusion clauses 9
- Income-generating projects 9
- Independence of judiciary 1,940
- Indians 45
- Indigenous persons 1,731
- Ingush 133
- Integration 454
- Internal armed conflict 4,486
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 673
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 7,739
- International armed conflict 584
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 38
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 189
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 61
- International courts and tribunals 1,032
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 287
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 262
- International criminal law 280
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 860
- International protection 871
- Inuit 6
- Involuntary repatriation 126
- Iranians 82
- Ismaili 46
- Issaq 32
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- Jain 31
- Japanese 22
- Jehovah's Witness 1,445
- Jew 1,569
- Jurisdiction 142
- Juvenile justice system 180
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- Kabards 12
- Kabre 2
- Kachin 155
- Kadazans 2
- Kalenjin 14
- Kalmyks 2
- Kankuamo 1
- Karachay 16
- Karakalpaks 4
- Karamojong 11
- Karen 96
- Kariña 1
- Kasaians 3
- Kashmiris 75
- Kayapó 2
- Kazakhs 42
- Kewri 2
- Khakass 10
- Khants 1
- Khmer 28
- Khmer Krom 9
- Khmer Leou 2
- Kikuyu 41
- Kirdi 2
- Kisii 11
- Komi 9
- Komi-Permyaks 1
- Konkomba 10
- Korani 1
- Koreans 69
- Koryaks 1
- Kosovar 269
- Krou 3
- Kuchi 14
- Kumyks 11
- Kuna 2
- Kunama 9
- Kurd 1,323
- Kusasi 3
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- Labour law 115
- Ladins 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 384
- Lao Sung 1
- Lao Tai 1
- Lao Theung 2
- Lari 17
- Law of the sea 83
- Laws relating to religion 252
- Laz 6
- Legal representation / Legal aid 506
- Lendu 5
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 3,131
- Lezgin 14
- Lhotshampas 5
- Limba 3
- Livelihoods 408
- Location of camps 334
- Lorosae 1
- Luba 20
- Luhya 3
- Lunda, Yeke 3
- Luo 18
- Lutheran 436
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- M'boshi 3
- Maasai 13
- Macedonians 42
- Madhesis 5
- Madhiban 35
- Magyars 5
- Makuxi 1
- Malays 22
- Malinke / Mandingo 15
- Mandate status 43
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 119
- Mansi 1
- Maori 20
- Mapuche 31
- Mari 1
- Maronite 96
- Maskoy 1
- Mass exodus 143
- Massaleit 8
- Maternal and child health care 424
- Mayans 26
- Mbororo 7
- Medical screening 27
- Melanesians 7
- Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 7
- Mende 7
- Mennonite 112
- Mental harm 2
- Mental health 509
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 137
- Mercenaries 121
- Merina 4
- Meskhetians 24
- Messianic Jews 59
- Methodist 484
- Micronesians 1
- Midgan 16
- Migrant rights 923
- Migrants 2,654
- Military courts 482
- Military law 161
- Military operations 1,905
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3,164
- Minorities 5,555
- Minority rights 1,285
- Mizos 3
- Mohajirs 72
- Moluccans 1
- Mon 34
- Mongols 67
- Montagnards 66
- Montenegrin 13
- Moor 1
- Moravian 38
- Mordovans 1
- Mormon 714
- Moros 7
- Mossi-Dagomba 7
- Multiple nationality 167
- Murut 2
- Muslim 4,687
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- Nagas 10
- Nambiquara 1
- National security / Public order 431
- Naturalization 281
- Ndebele 20
- Nenets 1
- Nepalis 22
- New Life Church 4
- Ngbandi 9
- Nogai 7
- Nomads 112
- Non-refoulement 591
- Non-self-governing territories 179
- Non-state agents of persecution 885
- Nuba 37
- Nuer 27
- Nukak 1
- Nuristanis 5
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- Occitans 2
- Ogaden 3
- Older persons 243
- One-child policy / Family planning 117
- Opposition 4,435
- Orang Asli 9
- Orderly return 40
- Oromo 92
- Orthodox Christian 1,051
- Ossetians (South) 151
- Ovimbundu 7
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- Paez 2
- Palestinian 1,173
- Pamiris 3
- Panjshiris 3
- Papuans 44
- Pashtun 83
- Passports 591
- Pastoralists 50
- Peace agreements 928
- Peace process 1,445
- Peacekeeping 2,015
- Pemón 1
- Pentecostal 660
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 135
- Persecution based on nationality 245
- Persecution based on political opinion 4,725
- Persecution of family members 516
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1,568
- Persons not in need of international protection 118
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 349
- Persons with disabilities 2,023
- Physical harm 5
- Piracy 97
- Poles 42
- Police 4,549
- Political asylum 297
- Political groups 1,706
- Political parties 3,900
- Political situation 8,915
- Polygamy 83
- Polynesians 8
- Pomaks 8
- Population transfers 32
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 92
- Pre-entry procedures 45
- Pre-trial detention 1,342
- Presbyterian 326
- Prevention of discrimination 441
- Prison or detention conditions 5,095
- Prisoners of war 85
- Proof of nationality 103
- Property restitution 302
- Prosecution vs persecution 378
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1,581
- Protection of camps 59
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1,990
- Protestant 1,598
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2,089
- Public health 1,629
- Punjabis 33
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- Racial / Ethnic persecution 3,213
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 216
- Raizals 2
- Rapanui 2
- Rastafarian 143
- Ratification 7
- Re-entry 22
- Readmission 25
- Reception 332
- Reconciliation 599
- Referendum 345
- Refoulement 455
- Refugee / Asylum law 915
- Refugee camps 1,314
- Refugee identity documents 255
- Refugee seamen 241
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 672
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 153
- Refugees 8,294
- Refugees sur place 26
- Regional instruments 349
- Registration 282
- Reintegration 249
- Rejected asylum-seekers 503
- Rejection at border 62
- Religious discrimination 6,498
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 4,068
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 253
- Reservation 16
- Resettlement 786
- Residence permits / Residency 1,265
- Return conditions 525
- Returnees 1,350
- Right to a nationality 1,011
- Right to development 144
- Right to education 2,177
- Right to employment 1,794
- Right to family life 684
- Right to food 652
- Right to health 931
- Right to justice 742
- Right to leave 151
- Right to liberty and security 438
- Right to life 689
- Right to registration at birth 232
- Right to return 335
- Right to seek asylum 212
- Right to self-determination 1,084
- Rights of non-citizens 373
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 409
- Roma 1,358
- Romanians 35
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 4,309
- Russians 343
- Rwandans 15
- Ryukyuans 3
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- Sabean Mandean 49
- Sabians 6
- Safe country of origin 116
- Safe third country 371
- Saharawis 82
- Salafi 210
- Sale of children 267
- Samaritans 4
- Sami 201
- Samoan 1
- San Bushmen 40
- Sanctions 513
- Sandzak 9
- Sardinians 3
- Scientologist 132
- Secondary movement 107
- Security forces 4,472
- Security situation 9,870
- Senoufo 1
- Serb 239
- Serious non-political crime 170
- Seventh Day Adventist 766
- Sexual and reproductive rights 538
- SGBV 7,745
- Shabak 48
- Shamanism 35
- Shan 71
- Sharia law 181
- Sheikhal 2
- Shia 1,265
- Shinto 37
- Shuar 1
- Signatories and Parties 5
- Sikh 632
- Sindhis 16
- Single heads of household 81
- Single procedure 101
- Sinhalese 90
- Slavs 43
- Slovaks 14
- Slovenes 8
- Small arms 145
- Smuggling of persons 482
- Social group discrimination 2,982
- Social group persecution 983
- Solomon Islanders 1
- Somalis 381
- Sorbs 1
- Soyot 1
- Spontaneous return 56
- Standard of proof 125
- State of emergency 360
- State protection 1,453
- Statelessness 1,260
- Statelessness Determination Procedures 43
- Stowaways 27
- Sufi 252
- Sunni 1,378
- Sur place persecution 76
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 737
- Suspensive effect 36
- Susu 2
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- Tajik 89
- Talysh 8
- Tamil 838
- Taoist 124
- Tatars 268
- Temne 5
- Temporary admission 88
- Temporary protection 130
- Territorial asylum 64
- Terrorism 8,117
- Threats / Intimidation 581
- Tibetan 1,065
- Tien Do 1
- Tigreans 16
- Tikuna 1
- Tiv 4
- Toba 2
- Torres Strait Islanders 8
- Torture 2,052
- Trafficking in persons 8,859
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 62
- Transit 44
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 664
- Travel documents 272
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 705
- Tripuras 2
- Tuareg 126
- Tukano 2
- Tuni Torre 1
- Turkmen 111
- Turks 50
- Tutsis 274
- Tuvinians 4
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- U'wa 1
- Udmurts 2
- Uighur 816
- Ukrainians 67
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 730
- UNHCR mandate 86
- Unification Church 94
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1,687
- Unlawful departure 148
- Urban refugees 175
- Urueu-Wau-Wau 2
- Uzbek 274
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- Veddhas 2
- Vietnamese 18
- Visas 1,426
- Vlachs 5
- Voluntary repatriation 723
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- Wapixana 1
- War crimes 1,242
- Warao 1
- Wayeyi 4
- Wayuú 5
- Well-founded fear of persecution 445
- Wichi / Mataco 1
- Widowed persons 65
- Witchcraft 38
- Withdrawal of nationality 69
- Witnesses 479
- Women's rights 7,338
- Women-at-risk 4,151
- Work permits 366
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- Xhosa 3
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- Zanzibaris 17
- Zapotecs 3
- Zarma 1
- Zomi (Chin) 5
- Zoroastrian 185
- Zulus 13
- Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) 43,807
- Administration of justice 20,759
- Age, gender and diversity 46,881
- Asylum 1,010
- Asylum-migration nexus 14,187
- Burden / standard of proof 4,030
- Camps 2,771
- Comprehensive solutions 4,587
- Entry, admission and reception 2,940
- Flight 709
- Human rights 195,103
- Immigration law 12,012
- International crimes 14,735
- International humanitarian law (IHL) 21,291
- International law 8,429
- Medical and health 3,871
- National law 3,916
- Nationality and statelessness 2,956
- Persons of concern 21,601
- Political and security situation 78,160
- Population groups 17,656
- Protection 4,273
- Religious groups 32,161
