The country information collection consists of a wide variety of sources selected from UN, NGOs, Governments, International Organisations and others monitoring and reporting on country situations.
Country information is vital for the refugee status determination procedure, as it assists the decision maker on issues of credibility and the objective situation in a country of origin in relation to an individuals claim. The majority of the documents in the collection cover the human rights situation in a particular country of origin. The source selection takes into account global coverage, relevance and proven reliability, objectivity and timeliness.
- 28 Too Many 38
- Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) 39
- Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) 150
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 22
- African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) 4
- African Union 4
- Amnesty International 10,866
- Arabic/Islamic - Miscellaneous 1
- Argentina: Cámara Nacional Electoral 1
- Article 19 1,349
- Asylum Access 6
- Asylum Aid 157
- Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) 14
- Australia: Department of Immigration and Citizenship 1
- Australia: Immigration Review Tribunal 1
- Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal 1,409
- Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) 4
- Austria: Federal Ministry of the Interior 3
- Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) 79
- Belgium: Comité Belge d'Aide aux Réfugiés / Belgisch Comité voor Hulp aan Vluchtelingen / (CBAR-BCHV) 3
- Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement 55
- Burundi: Ministère de la Solidarité Nationale, du Rapatriement des Réfugiés de la Reconstruction Nationale, et de la Réintégration Sociale 1
- Cambridge University Press 1
- Canada: Federal Court of Appeal 1
- Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 41,125
- Canadian Council for Refugees 1
- Center for Gender & Refugee Studies 1
- Centre for Civil and Political Rights 5
- Child Soldiers International 577
- Committee to Protect Journalists 6,186
- Council of Europe 57
- Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights 191
- Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture 593
- Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers 47
- Council of Europe: European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) 148
- Council of Europe: European Committee of Social Rights 8
- Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights 2
- Council of Europe: Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 32
- Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly 256
- Council of Europe: Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities 346
- Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI) 50
- Country of Return Information (CRI) Project 24
- Danish Refugee Council 10
- Denmark: Danish Immigration Service 75
- Equal Rights Trust 25
- EurasiaNet 2,018
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) 16
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles 167
- European Migration Network (EMN) 22
- European Network on Statelessness 2
- European Union 7
- European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union 1
- European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights 18
- European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) 18
- European Union: European Commission 75
- European Union: European Parliament 11
- Forum 18 2,033
- France: Commission des Recours des Réfugiés (CRR) 2
- France: Cour nationale du droit d'asile 1
- France: Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA) 40
- Freedom from Torture 7
- Freedom House 6,922
- Geospatial Information Section 1
- Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum 251
- Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack 30
- Global Detention Project (GDP) 28
- Global Protection Cluster (GPC) 3
- Hague Conference on Private International Law 1
- HelpAge International 20
- Human Rights Watch 7,728
- Humanitarian Issues Working Group 2
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee 14
- Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) 3
- Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA) 1
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting 2,804
- Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) 5,222
- Inter-Agency 3
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee 5
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) 20
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) 1
- Inter-Parliamentary Union 13
- Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees 1
- International Bar Association: Human Rights Institute 6
- International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) 6
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) 89
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 792
- International Court of Justice (ICJ) 1
- International Crisis Group (ICG) 1,375
- International Detention Coalition 3
- International Federation for Human Rights 2,668
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 16
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) 14
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) 407
- International Labour Organization (ILO) 5
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) 55
- International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) 13
- International Trade Union Confederation 1,062
- Ireland: Refugee Appeals Tribunal 1
- Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre 720
- Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) 1
- Jamestown Foundation 2,555
- Japan: District Courts 1
- Jesuit Refugee Service 19
- Landinfo - Country of Origin Information Centre 54
- Middle-East and North Africa - Miscellaneous 1
- Migrants Rights International 2
- Migration Policy Group (MPG) 85
- Migration Policy Institute 3
- Minorities at Risk Project 568
- Minority Rights Group International 1,667
- National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities 31
- National Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies 1
- Netherlands, The: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27
- Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC) 795
- Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGVS/CGRA) 6
- Open Society Institute (OSI) 91
- Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration (ORAM) 10
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 8
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI) 69
- Peace Agreements & Related 1
- Quaker United Nations Office 4
- Radio Free Asia 5,108
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 16,254
- REDRESS 56
- Refugee Studies Centre 44
- Refugees International 292
- Reporters Without Borders 6,440
- Rift Valley Institute (RVI) 30
- Save the Children 9
- Separated Children in Europe Programme 1
- Sphere Project 1
- Still Human Still Here 33
- Sweden: Swedish Migration Board 1
- Swiss Refugee Council 103
- Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) 109
- Söderköping/Cross-Border Cooperation Process 3
- The Border Consortium (TBC) 50
- Tilburg University - Statelessness Programme 2
- UN Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Stateless Persons 8
- UN Advance Mission In Sudan 1
- UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 121
- UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) 41
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 63
- UN Commission on Human Rights 480
- UN Commission on the Status of Women 8
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 506
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 563
- UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) 31
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 619
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 789
- UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) 87
- UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 69
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1,151
- UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 23
- UN Development Group (UNDG) 1
- UN Development Programme (UNDP) 23
- UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 32
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) 69
- UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) 3
- UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) 1
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 6
- UN General Assembly 458
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 4,351
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 690
- UN Human Rights Council 2,025
- UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) 92
- UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 3
- UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 3
- UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) 1
- UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) 41
- UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 11
- UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 52
- UN Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS) 7
- UN News Service 7,334
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 627
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 89
- UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children Affected by Armed Conflict 1
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 34
- UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire 1
- UN Peacebuilding Commission 4
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 2
- UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 24
- UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 10
- UN Secretary-General (UNSG) 24
- UN Security Council 2,251
- UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 12
- UN World Food Programme 63
- UN World Health Organization (WHO) 12
- United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 259
- United Kingdom: Home Office 951
- United Kingdom: Parliament, House of Commons Library 11
- United Kingdom: Parliament, Joint Committee on Human Rights 1
- United Kingdom: Parliment, House of Commons All-Party Group 3
- United Nations 25
- United Nations International Human Rights Instruments 210
- United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services 319
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 348
- United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 1,320
- United States Congressional Research Service 620
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 1
- United States Department of Labor 1,728
- United States Department of State 11,627
- United States Library of Congress 57
- University of Padua. Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples 1
- Women's Refugee Commission 67
- World Organisation Against Torture 430
- WRITENET 170
- Annual Protection Reports 37
- Annual Reports 36,493
- Bilateral Treaties/Agreements 1
- Case Law 5
- Case Law Compilations/Analyses 1
- Chronologies of Events 372
- Commentaries 152
- Comments on Concluding Observations 144
- Comments on National Legislation 8
- Compilations 229
- Concluding Observations 1,513
- Conclusions on International Protection 1
- Conference Reports 25
- Country Briefing Folders 133
- Country News 65,587
- Country Operations Plans 458
- Country Profiles 561
- Country Reports 17,513
- Country/Situation Specific Position Papers 148
- Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae 1
- Decisions 8
- Fact Finding Reports 116
- General Comments/Recommendations 5
- Handbooks/Manuals 83
- Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries 18
- Maps 1,762
- Memoranda 10
- Mission Reports 526
- Multilateral Treaties/Agreements 2
- National Decrees, Circulars, Regulation, Policy Documents 10
- National Legislation 21
- Notes on International Protection 1
- Operational Guidelines 6
- Policy/Position Papers 16
- Presidential Statements 69
- Query Responses 43,164
- Regional Reports 281
- Research, Background and Discussion Papers 182
- Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 106
- Sessional Reports 211
- Speeches/Statements 595
- States Parties Reports 2,966
- Static Pages 1
- Statistics 9
- Thematic Guidelines 11
- Thematic Reports 302
- UNHCR Country Updates 449
- Afghanistan 5,368
- Albania 968
- Algeria 1,141
- American Samoa 8
- Andorra 115
- Angola 817
- Anguilla 16
- Antigua and Barbuda 135
- Argentina 908
- Armenia 1,605
- Aruba 23
- Australia 454
- Austria 372
- Azerbaijan 2,616
- Bahamas 173
- Bahrain 936
- Bangladesh 1,799
- Barbados 165
- Belarus 1,683
- Belgium 381
- Belize 198
- Benin 309
- Bermuda 15
- Bhutan 189
- Bolivia 537
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,124
- Botswana 232
- Brazil 837
- British Virgin Islands 21
- Brunei Darussalam 124
- Bulgaria 1,072
- Burkina Faso 466
- Burundi 1,201
- Cambodia 1,539
- Cameroon 925
- Canada 735
- Cape Verde 125
- Cayman Islands 10
- Central African Republic 1,313
- Chad 995
- Chile 789
- China 7,166
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5
- Colombia 1,779
- Comoros 189
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3,796
- Congo, Republic of the 555
- Cook Islands 29
- Costa Rica 530
- Croatia 783
- Cuba 970
- Cyprus 400
- Czech Republic 592
- Côte d'Ivoire 1,270
- Denmark 315
- Djibouti 539
- Dominica 129
- Dominican Republic 439
- Ecuador 672
- Egypt 2,508
- El Salvador 1,124
- Equatorial Guinea 291
- Eritrea 863
- Estonia 450
- Ethiopia 1,871
- Falkland Islands 18
- Fiji 334
- Finland 294
- France 815
- French Guiana 12
- French Polynesia 5
- Gabon 260
- Gambia 510
- Georgia 2,332
- Germany 722
- Ghana 1,362
- Gibraltar 11
- Greece 652
- Greenland 1
- Grenada 177
- Guadeloupe 9
- Guam 4
- Guatemala 1,139
- Guinea 801
- Guinea-Bissau 408
- Guyana 380
- Haiti 925
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 39
- Honduras 1,032
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 449
- Hungary 813
- Iceland 165
- India 2,640
- Indonesia 1,124
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 5,154
- Iraq 5,047
- Ireland 279
- Israel 2,433
- Italy 658
- Jamaica 411
- Japan 390
- Jordan 993
- Kazakhstan 2,121
- Kenya 1,841
- Kiribati 111
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 855
- Korea, Republic of 552
- Kuwait 561
- Kyrgyzstan 2,218
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 501
- Latvia 458
- Lebanon 2,373
- Lesotho 182
- Liberia 876
- Libya 1,974
- Liechtenstein 130
- Lithuania 421
- Luxembourg 161
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 116
- Madagascar 276
- Malawi 316
- Malaysia 869
- Maldives 269
- Mali 1,115
- Malta 238
- Marshall Islands 87
- Martinique 8
- Mauritania 575
- Mauritius 197
- Mexico 2,325
- Micronesia, Federated States of 86
- Moldova, Republic of 939
- Monaco 116
- Mongolia 301
- Montenegro 709
- Montserrat 22
- Morocco 853
- Mozambique 303
- Myanmar 2,542
- Namibia 262
- Nauru 95
- Nepal 1,044
- Netherlands 465
- Netherlands Antilles 46
- New Caledonia 6
- New Zealand 213
- Nicaragua 603
- Niger 567
- Nigeria 3,034
- Niue 18
- Norfolk Island 7
- Northern Mariana Islands 4
- Norway 297
- Oman 243
- Pakistan 4,909
- Palau 86
- Palestine, State of 2,056
- Panama 396
- Papua New Guinea 275
- Paraguay 377
- Peru 1,032
- Philippines 1,171
- Pitcairn 7
- Poland 832
- Portugal 319
- Puerto Rico 40
- Qatar 290
- Romania 1,140
- Russian Federation 8,356
- Rwanda 1,118
- Saint Helena 9
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 112
- Saint Lucia 177
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 255
- Samoa 106
- San Marino 112
- Sao Tome and Principe 101
- Saudi Arabia 1,007
- Senegal 588
- Serbia 2,237
- Seychelles 155
- Sierra Leone 750
- Singapore 303
- Slovakia 519
- Slovenia 330
- Solomon Islands 154
- Somalia 3,570
- South Africa 788
- South Sudan 1,306
- Spain 564
- Sri Lanka 2,496
- Sudan 2,762
- Suriname 185
- Swaziland 265
- Sweden 422
- Switzerland 371
- Syrian Arab Republic 5,143
- Tajikistan 1,505
- Tanzania, United Republic of 629
- Thailand 1,197
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 719
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 403
- Togo 502
- Tokelau 14
- Tonga 123
- Trinidad and Tobago 272
- Tunisia 1,114
- Turkey 2,763
- Turkmenistan 878
- Turks and Caicos Islands 33
- Tuvalu 99
- U.S. Virgin Islands 10
- Uganda 1,375
- Ukraine 3,508
- United Arab Emirates 475
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 977
- United States of America 2,722
- Uruguay 438
- Uzbekistan 1,843
- Vanuatu 107
- Venezuela 1,348
- Viet Nam 1,319
- Wallis and Futuna 10
- Western Sahara Territory 257
- Yemen 1,945
- Zambia 401
- Zimbabwe 1,338