Annual Reports
Annual reports are published annually by various governments, NGOs and others. They cover country and human rights situations, very often providing a broad overview of many areas rather than concentrating on specific issues.
- Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) 9
- Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) 1
- Amnesty International 3,468
- Article 19 2
- Asylum Access 1
- Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement 2
- Child Soldiers International 548
- Committee to Protect Journalists 3,681
- Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights 2
- Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture 4
- Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers 8
- Council of Europe: European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) 6
- Council of Europe: Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 1
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) 1
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles 3
- European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights 6
- European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) 6
- European Union: European Commission 6
- Freedom House 6,737
- Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack 30
- Human Rights Watch 1,825
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) 18
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 463
- International Detention Coalition 1
- International Federation for Human Rights 621
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) 371
- International Labour Organization (ILO) 1
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) 51
- International Trade Union Confederation 1,062
- Migration Policy Group (MPG) 83
- Minority Rights Group International 767
- Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC) 249
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 4
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI) 3
- Reporters Without Borders 1,014
- Save the Children 6
- Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) 5
- UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 1
- UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) 5
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 10
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 6
- UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 2
- UN Development Programme (UNDP) 2
- UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 1
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) 33
- UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) 2
- UN General Assembly 20
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 522
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 2
- UN Human Rights Council 44
- UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 1
- UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 3
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 2
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 13
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 3
- UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 2
- UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 1
- UN Security Council 7
- UN World Food Programme 2
- UN World Health Organization (WHO) 2
- United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 207
- United Nations 8
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 340
- United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 1,302
- United States Department of Labor 1,728
- United States Department of State 11,565
- World Organisation Against Torture 3
- Afghanistan 341
- Albania 201
- Algeria 307
- American Samoa 3
- Andorra 67
- Angola 226
- Anguilla 13
- Antigua and Barbuda 93
- Argentina 230
- Armenia 253
- Aruba 9
- Australia 177
- Austria 151
- Azerbaijan 293
- Bahamas 119
- Bahrain 231
- Bangladesh 279
- Barbados 104
- Belarus 267
- Belgium 166
- Belize 132
- Benin 144
- Bermuda 6
- Bhutan 122
- Bolivia 204
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 265
- Botswana 136
- Brazil 292
- British Virgin Islands 14
- Brunei Darussalam 97
- Bulgaria 212
- Burkina Faso 168
- Burundi 252
- Cambodia 238
- Cameroon 192
- Canada 180
- Cape Verde 93
- Cayman Islands 3
- Central African Republic 193
- Chad 230
- Chile 206
- China 520
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5
- Colombia 392
- Comoros 112
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 298
- Congo, Republic of the 171
- Cook Islands 18
- Costa Rica 145
- Croatia 226
- Cuba 271
- Cyprus 158
- Czech Republic 177
- Côte d'Ivoire 230
- Denmark 143
- Djibouti 154
- Dominica 86
- Dominican Republic 178
- Ecuador 221
- Egypt 319
- El Salvador 184
- Equatorial Guinea 157
- Eritrea 258
- Estonia 154
- Ethiopia 304
- Falkland Islands 13
- Fiji 148
- Finland 132
- France 207
- French Guiana 4
- French Polynesia 4
- Gabon 139
- Gambia 178
- Georgia 315
- Germany 204
- Ghana 171
- Gibraltar 10
- Greece 198
- Grenada 91
- Guadeloupe 3
- Guam 2
- Guatemala 248
- Guinea 196
- Guinea-Bissau 148
- Guyana 132
- Haiti 226
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 4
- Honduras 231
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 136
- Hungary 198
- Iceland 91
- India 366
- Indonesia 295
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 327
- Iraq 557
- Ireland 140
- Israel 347
- Italy 201
- Jamaica 150
- Japan 178
- Jordan 219
- Kazakhstan 265
- Kenya 270
- Kiribati 90
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 221
- Korea, Republic of 181
- Kuwait 189
- Kyrgyzstan 268
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 182
- Latvia 166
- Lebanon 273
- Lesotho 121
- Liberia 217
- Libya 232
- Liechtenstein 68
- Lithuania 160
- Luxembourg 88
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 77
- Madagascar 129
- Malawi 160
- Malaysia 239
- Maldives 139
- Mali 192
- Malta 111
- Marshall Islands 71
- Martinique 3
- Mauritania 202
- Mauritius 109
- Mexico 312
- Micronesia, Federated States of 77
- Moldova, Republic of 196
- Monaco 66
- Mongolia 134
- Montenegro 200
- Montserrat 13
- Morocco 245
- Mozambique 166
- Myanmar 299
- Namibia 150
- Nauru 75
- Nepal 255
- Netherlands 167
- Netherlands Antilles 11
- New Caledonia 3
- New Zealand 130
- Nicaragua 176
- Niger 179
- Nigeria 294
- Niue 16
- Norfolk Island 7
- Northern Mariana Islands 3
- Norway 123
- Oman 139
- Pakistan 417
- Palau 73
- Palestine, State of 351
- Panama 167
- Papua New Guinea 153
- Paraguay 187
- Peru 252
- Philippines 379
- Pitcairn 6
- Poland 194
- Portugal 137
- Puerto Rico 34
- Qatar 148
- Romania 200
- Russian Federation 445
- Rwanda 282
- Saint Helena 9
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 87
- Saint Lucia 93
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 93
- Samoa 89
- San Marino 65
- Sao Tome and Principe 78
- Saudi Arabia 272
- Senegal 191
- Serbia 338
- Seychelles 92
- Sierra Leone 211
- Singapore 168
- Slovakia 169
- Slovenia 144
- Solomon Islands 125
- Somalia 348
- South Africa 241
- South Sudan 59
- Spain 185
- Sri Lanka 305
- Sudan 311
- Suriname 121
- Swaziland 145
- Sweden 157
- Switzerland 144
- Syrian Arab Republic 394
- Tajikistan 256
- Tanzania, United Republic of 208
- Thailand 280
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 196
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 150
- Togo 170
- Tokelau 12
- Tonga 101
- Trinidad and Tobago 141
- Tunisia 237
- Turkey 343
- Turkmenistan 245
- Turks and Caicos Islands 17
- Tuvalu 78
- U.S. Virgin Islands 4
- Uganda 266
- Ukraine 261
- United Arab Emirates 173
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 242
- United States of America 188
- Uruguay 160
- Uzbekistan 288
- Vanuatu 83
- Venezuela 255
- Viet Nam 273
- Wallis and Futuna 10
- Western Sahara Territory 122
- Yemen 255
- Zambia 181
- Zimbabwe 245
- 1951 Refugee Convention 4
- Abduction 558
- Abkhazians 17
- Aborigine 18
- Abuse of psychiatry 17
- Access to procedures 303
- Access to water 60
- Acehnese 14
- Acholi 5
- Adivasis 11
- Adoption 8
- Afars 4
- Africans 25
- Afro-Colombians 4
- Age discrimination 6
- Agents of persecution 1
- Ahmadis 138
- Ahwazi 8
- Ainu 6
- Airports 53
- Ajarians 1
- Aka 1
- Akhdam 1
- Alawi 25
- Albanians 13
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 74
- Alevis 24
- Aliens 4
- Amazonian Indians 8
- Amhara 1
- Andaman Islanders 1
- Anglican 531
- Animist 375
- Anti-terrorism law 20
- Anuak 2
- Appeal / Right to appeal 8
- Arabs 41
- Arará 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 4,334
- Armed attacks on camps 23
- Armed forces / Military 786
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1,434
- Armenian 25
- Ashaninka 1
- Ashkaelian 5
- Assamese 1
- Assemblies of God 198
- Assyrians 17
- Asylum policy 42
- Asylum-migration nexus 12
- Asylum-seekers 1,086
- Awá 1
- Aymara 3
- Azeri 19
- Baganda 1
- Baha'i 949
- Bail 10
- Bajuni 1
- Bakongo 1
- Baluchis 26
- Bantu 7
- Baptist 655
- Barabaig 2
- Basarwa 6
- Basongora 1
- Basques 12
- Batak 1
- Batwa 32
- Bedoon 24
- Bellah 1
- Benadiri 2
- Bengalis 5
- Berber 15
- Bihari 3
- Blood feuds 2
- Bodos 1
- Border conflict 63
- Border controls 95
- Border crossers 10
- Bosnian 4
- Buddhist 718
- Burakumin 5
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 5
- Cabinda 11
- Caferis 1
- Calvinist 27
- Capacity building of state institutions 3
- Caribs 4
- Carrier sanctions 2
- Catholic 1,665
- Ceasefire 38
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chaldean 43
- Cham 6
- Chechen 30
- Child labour 3,192
- Child prostitution 1,824
- Child soldiers 1,016
- Children's rights 5,523
- Children-at-risk 2,959
- Chin 7
- Chinese 14
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 12
- Christian 1,782
- Christian Scientist 15
- Circassians 3
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 357
- Civil war 23
- Civilian character of asylum 9
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 24
- Combatants / Former combatants 53
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 312
- Community development 3
- Complementary forms of protection 1
- Conflict resolution 42
- Conflict situation 132
- Confucianist 80
- Congregationalist 63
- Contemporary forms of slavery 112
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 8
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Copts 109
- Corruption 1,952
- Country of origin information (COI) 2
- Coup d'état 78
- Creoles 2
- Crime prevention 3
- Crimean Tatars 8
- Crimes against humanity 65
- Criminal justice 1,711
- Croats 3
- Dalit 33
- Darfuri 3
- Dayaks 2
- Death in custody 170
- Death penalty 839
- Death squads 21
- Demobilization / Disarmament 133
- Democracy 590
- Denial of nationality 11
- Denial of refugee status 6
- Deportation / Forcible return 260
- Dinka 10
- Dioula 1
- Disappeared persons 3,375
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 3,930
- Domestic violence 505
- Drug trafficking 271
- Druze 51
- EU Qualification Directive 15
- East Caprivians 7
- Economic, social and cultural rights 2,595
- Effective protection 206
- Effective remedy 206
- Egyptians 8
- Election law 6
- Elections 2,644
- Embargo 24
- Embera 1
- Emigrants 35
- Endorois 2
- Enxet 1
- Episcopalian 107
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 303
- Eritreans 1
- Ethiopians 4
- Ethnic cleansing 9
- Evacuation 7
- Evangelical 690
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 6
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 25
- Expedited procedures 1
- Expulsion 62
- Extended definition 1
- Extradition 36
- Extrajudicial executions 3,602
- Extreme poverty 124
- False documents 12
- Falun Gong 54
- Family reunification 31
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 191
- Filipinos 1
- Finno-Ugric 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 8
- Forced labour 5,172
- Forced marriage 210
- Forced relocation 79
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 13
- Foreign occupation 56
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 4,170
- Freedom of assembly and association 6,416
- Freedom of conscience 278
- Freedom of expression 13,727
- Freedom of information 4,550
- Freedom of movement 3,420
- Freedom of religion 8,015
- Freedom of speech 3,538
- Fulani 4
- Gaboye 3
- Gang related violence 43
- Garinagu 6
- Gender discrimination 3,717
- Gender mainstreaming 11
- Gender-based persecution 206
- Generalized violence 117
- Genocide 44
- Germans 2
- Good governance 410
- Good offices 1
- Greeks 2
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 14
- Group / Prima facie determination 46
- Guaraní / Mbyá 4
- Guaymi 1
- Gujaratis 3
- HIV and AIDS 337
- Habeas corpus 3
- Hadza 1
- Haitians 21
- Han 2
- Haratin 4
- Hare Krishna 184
- Harmful traditional practices 47
- Hazara 12
- Himba 3
- Hindu 685
- Hispanic 1
- Hmong 90
- Honour killings 41
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 735
- Huang Jiao 4
- Hui 2
- Human Rights Council 37
- Human rights activists 1,539
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 5,825
- Human rights courts 134
- Human rights law 10
- Human rights monitors 720
- Humanitarian assistance 189
- Hungarians 4
- Hutus 14
- IDP camps 27
- Ibo 1
- Igorots 1
- Ijaw 2
- Illegal entry 40
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 151
- Illegitimate children 2
- Immigrants 91
- Immigration Detention 438
- Immigration control after entry 5
- Immigration law 6
- Immunity 6
- Impunity 1,410
- Income-generating projects 4
- Independence of judiciary 1,162
- Indians 2
- Indigenous persons 854
- Ingush 3
- Integration 37
- Internal armed conflict 413
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1,082
- International armed conflict 28
- International courts and tribunals 221
- International criminal law 3
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 284
- International protection 397
- Inuit 1
- Involuntary repatriation 19
- Iranians 1
- Ismaili 43
- Jain 26
- Japanese 1
- Jehovah's Witness 920
- Jew 1,066
- Jurisdiction 1
- Juvenile justice system 53
- Kachin 12
- Kalenjin 1
- Karachay 1
- Karakalpaks 3
- Karamojong 7
- Karen 25
- Kasaians 1
- Kashmiris 24
- Kayapó 1
- Kazakhs 12
- Khmer 8
- Khmer Krom 4
- Khmer Leou 1
- Kikuyu 6
- Kisii 1
- Koreans 12
- Kosovar 68
- Kuchi 3
- Kunama 2
- Kurd 133
- Labour law 3
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 47
- Lao Theung 1
- Laws relating to religion 7
- Laz 2
- Legal representation / Legal aid 41
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1,075
- Lezgin 1
- Lhotshampas 3
- Livelihoods 17
- Location of camps 8
- Luo 3
- Lutheran 423
- Maasai 7
- Macedonians 2
- Madhesis 3
- Madhiban 7
- Malays 3
- Malinke / Mandingo 2
- Mandate status 1
- Maori 14
- Mapuche 12
- Maronite 81
- Mass exodus 5
- Maternal and child health care 86
- Mayans 12
- Mbororo 5
- Melanesians 2
- Mennonite 105
- Mental health 37
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 39
- Mercenaries 4
- Meskhetians 7
- Messianic Jews 33
- Methodist 467
- Midgan 2
- Migrant rights 248
- Migrants 911
- Military courts 65
- Military law 4
- Military operations 138
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 879
- Minorities 2,562
- Minority rights 461
- Mohajirs 1
- Mon 3
- Mongols 5
- Montagnards 21
- Moravian 38
- Mormon 698
- Moros 4
- Multiple nationality 9
- Muslim 1,916
- Nagas 4
- National security / Public order 36
- Naturalization 21
- Ndebele 7
- Nepalis 2
- New Life Church 3
- Nomads 35
- Non-refoulement 7
- Non-self-governing territories 13
- Non-state agents of persecution 11
- Nuba 12
- Nuer 6
- Ogaden 1
- Older persons 8
- One-child policy / Family planning 5
- Opposition 704
- Orang Asli 5
- Oromo 11
- Orthodox Christian 738
- Ossetians (South) 21
- Palestinian 104
- Pamiris 1
- Papuans 15
- Pashtun 7
- Passports 27
- Pastoralists 33
- Peace agreements 64
- Peace process 94
- Peacekeeping 84
- Pentecostal 573
- Persecution based on nationality 177
- Persecution based on political opinion 972
- Persecution of family members 36
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 640
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 126
- Persons with disabilities 1,299
- Piracy 14
- Poles 2
- Police 2,052
- Political asylum 1
- Political groups 43
- Political parties 517
- Political situation 268
- Polygamy 12
- Polynesians 2
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
- Pre-entry procedures 1
- Pre-trial detention 685
- Presbyterian 296
- Prevention of discrimination 110
- Prison or detention conditions 2,405
- Prisoners of war 6
- Property restitution 159
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1,290
- Protection of camps 3
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 217
- Protestant 1,183
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 262
- Public health 362
- Punjabis 1
- Quan Yin 2
- Quechua 2
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 208
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 28
- Rapanui 1
- Rastafarian 138
- Re-entry 2
- Reception 5
- Reconciliation 100
- Referendum 92
- Refoulement 45
- Refugee / Asylum law 9
- Refugee camps 142
- Refugee identity documents 116
- Refugee seamen 2
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 94
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 61
- Refugees 2,043
- Registration 44
- Reintegration 58
- Rejected asylum-seekers 53
- Rejection at border 20
- Religious discrimination 4,407
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 2,266
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 41
- Reservation 12
- Resettlement 43
- Residence permits / Residency 81
- Return conditions 12
- Returnees 95
- Right to a nationality 8
- Right to development 12
- Right to education 759
- Right to employment 990
- Right to family life 14
- Right to food 81
- Right to health 106
- Right to justice 153
- Right to liberty and security 6
- Right to life 61
- Right to return 12
- Right to seek asylum 5
- Right to self-determination 631
- Rights of non-citizens 53
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 59
- Roma 424
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1,434
- Russians 16
- Ryukyuans 1
- SGBV 4,208
- Sabean Mandean 19
- Safe country of origin 3
- Safe third country 8
- Saharawis 40
- Salafi 51
- Sale of children 66
- Samaritans 3
- Sami 88
- San Bushmen 28
- Sanctions 38
- Sandzak 1
- Scientologist 128
- Security forces 1,541
- Security situation 425
- Serb 43
- Serious non-political crime 49
- Seventh Day Adventist 685
- Sexual and reproductive rights 177
- Shabak 7
- Shamanism 21
- Shan 11
- Sharia law 23
- Shia 510
- Shinto 37
- Sikh 226
- Sindhis 1
- Single heads of household 2
- Sinhalese 5
- Slavs 1
- Slovaks 1
- Small arms 14
- Smuggling of persons 239
- Social group discrimination 2,589
- Social group persecution 5
- Somalis 15
- Spontaneous return 3
- State of emergency 111
- State protection 4
- Statelessness 283
- Sufi 157
- Sunni 723
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 546
- Tajik 13
- Talysh 2
- Tamil 34
- Taoist 115
- Tatars 10
- Temporary admission 4
- Temporary protection 16
- Territorial asylum 1
- Terrorism 2,345
- Threats / Intimidation 410
- Tibetan 103
- Tigreans 2
- Toba 1
- Torres Strait Islanders 4
- Torture 1,242
- Trafficking in persons 7,373
- Transit 2
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 250
- Travel documents 46
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 10
- Tuareg 14
- Turkmen 10
- Turks 15
- Tutsis 15
- Tuvinians 1
- UNHCR mandate 5
- Uighur 71
- Ukrainians 1
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 99
- Unification Church 93
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 5
- Unlawful departure 1
- Urban refugees 49
- Uzbek 38
- Vietnamese 5
- Visas 63
- Voluntary repatriation 55
- War crimes 179
- Wayeyi 3
- Wayuú 1
- Well-founded fear of persecution 1
- Widowed persons 1
- Witchcraft 17
- Withdrawal of nationality 14
- Witnesses 105
- Women's rights 4,295
- Women-at-risk 2,528
- Work permits 95
- Xhosa 1
- Yanomami 1
- Yazīdī 42
- Zanzibaris 12
- Zomi (Chin) 3
- Zoroastrian 114
- Zulus 4
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