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- Abduction 2,020
- Abkhazians 115
- Aborigine 30
- Abuse of psychiatry 146
- Access to procedures 871
- Access to water 458
- Accession 7
- Acehnese 23
- Acholi 16
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 29
- Acts of persecution 43
- Adivasis 22
- Administrative courts 99
- Administrative law 130
- Admission quotas 16
- Adoption 138
- Adygey 2
- Afars 43
- Africans 123
- Afro-Colombians 23
- Age discrimination 32
- Agents of persecution 30
- Ahmadis 439
- Ahwazi 30
- Aimaq 2
- Ainu 9
- Airports 425
- Ajarians 5
- Aka 3
- Akan 18
- Akhdam 1
- Alawi 103
- Albanians 83
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 182
- Alevis 52
- Aliens 226
- Altai 1
- Amazonian Indians 24
- Amhara 52
- Amish 1
- Andaman Islanders 3
- Anglican 600
- Animist 445
- Anti-terrorism law 379
- Anuak 9
- Aostans 1
- Apartheid 251
- Appeal / Right to appeal 528
- Arabs 267
- Arará 2
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 9,080
- Arhuaco 1
- Armed attacks on camps 180
- Armed forces / Military 4,642
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 9,066
- Armenian 257
- Arrival 94
- Ashaninka 3
- Ashanti 32
- Ashkaelian 33
- Ashraf 9
- Assamese 9
- Assemblies of God 218
- Assyrians 63
- Asylum policy 813
- Asylum-migration nexus 426
- Asylum-seekers 3,558
- Atheist / Agnostic 19
- Atheist / Agnostic 5
- Avars 19
- Awá 7
- Aymara 6
- Ayoreo 1
- Azeri 123
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- Baganda 8
- Baha'i 1,195
- Bail 113
- Bajuni 22
- Bakhtiari 4
- Bakongo 31
- Balkars 10
- Baluchis 111
- Bamileke 7
- Bantu 23
- Banyamulenge 11
- Banyarwanda 11
- Baptist 1,151
- Barabaig 4
- Bari 2
- Basarwa 11
- Bashkirs 8
- Basongora 2
- Basques 29
- Basters 3
- Batak 2
- Batwa 50
- Bedoon 130
- Beja 6
- Belarusians 16
- Bellah 2
- Bemba 11
- Benadiri 18
- Benefit of the doubt 14
- Bengalis 27
- Berber 72
- Berti 4
- Bihari 47
- Blood feuds 86
- Bodos 5
- Border conflict 1,051
- Border controls 565
- Border crossers 317
- Bosnian 57
- Bouganvilleans 3
- Bubi 1
- Buddhist 1,149
- Bulgarians 27
- Burakumin 6
- Burden of proof 153
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 308
- Buryat 8
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- Cabinda 36
- Caferis 3
- Calvinist 30
- Camp management 84
- Cancellation 8
- Capacity building of state institutions 172
- Caribs 9
- Carrier sanctions 17
- Catholic 2,326
- Ceasefire 790
- Celts 5
- Cessation clauses 139
- Chakma 6
- Chaldean 73
- Cham 12
- Changes of circumstances in home country 172
- Chechen 628
- Cherkess 2
- Child labour 3,883
- Child prostitution 2,365
- Child soldiers 1,886
- Children's rights 9,492
- Children-at-risk 5,576
- Chin 44
- Chinese 114
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 59
- Christian 3,701
- Christian Scientist 17
- Chukchi 2
- Chuvash 8
- Circassians 124
- Citizenship / Nationality law 911
- Civil and political rights 1,468
- Civil rights legislation 54
- Civil war 688
- Civilian character of asylum 40
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 213
- Combatants / Former combatants 544
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 1,417
- Community development 66
- Complementary forms of protection 332
- Confidentiality 26
- Conflict prevention 209
- Conflict resolution 1,696
- Conflict situation 2,918
- Confucianist 91
- Congregationalist 70
- Constitutional law 525
- Contemporary forms of slavery 334
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 355
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 348
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 87
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 425
- Convention Plus 42
- Convention refugee 134
- Copts 241
- Corruption 3,604
- Corsicans 4
- Cossacks 52
- Country of origin information (COI) 1,291
- Coup d'état 618
- Credibility assessment 927
- Creoles 11
- Crime prevention 236
- Crimean Tatars 123
- Crimes against humanity 1,144
- Crimes against peace 27
- Criminal justice 6,089
- Croats 42
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 13
- Customary law 34
- Czechs 26
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- Dalit 66
- Danes 4
- Darfuri 27
- Dargins 8
- Darod 52
- Dayaks 7
- Death in custody 589
- Death penalty 2,775
- Death squads 130
- Decision on admissibility 114
- Demobilization / Disarmament 653
- Democracy 1,266
- Denial of nationality 86
- Denial of refugee status 518
- Deportation / Forcible return 3,114
- Dera Sacha Sauda 5
- Derivative status 31
- Dinka 29
- Diolas 8
- Dioula 9
- Diplomatic assurances 51
- Diplomatic asylum 11
- Diplomatic protection 9
- Disappeared persons 5,072
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 8,385
- Dolgan 1
- Domestic violence 2,002
- Drug trafficking 856
- Druze 92
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- East Caprivians 11
- Economic, social and cultural rights 4,359
- Effective protection 484
- Effective remedy 1,665
- Egyptians 37
- Election law 128
- Elections 7,055
- Embargo 193
- Embera 4
- Emergency legislation 69
- Emigrants 195
- Endorois 9
- Entry / Exit 295
- Entry into force 1
- Enxet 4
- Episcopalian 119
- Equal opportunities 190
- Equality before the law 471
- Eritreans 79
- Ethiopians 60
- Ethnic cleansing 173
- EU Qualification Directive 179
- Evacuation 43
- Evangelical 879
- Evenk 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1,064
- Ewe 19
- Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 55
- Exclusion clauses 288
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 93
- Exiles 338
- Expedited procedures 45
- Expulsion 755
- Extended definition 21
- Extradition 617
- Extrajudicial executions 5,734
- Extreme poverty 529
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- False documents 224
- Falun Gong 314
- Family law 146
- Family reunification 326
- Faroese 1
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 807
- Fijians 31
- Filipinos 35
- Finno-Ugric 9
- Flight by land, air or sea 142
- Forced labour 5,822
- Forced marriage 834
- Forced relocation 131
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 138
- Foreign occupation 902
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 9,980
- Freedom of assembly and association 10,516
- Freedom of conscience 870
- Freedom of expression 31,074
- Freedom of information 15,601
- Freedom of movement 5,099
- Freedom of religion 12,565
- Freedom of speech 12,261
- French 3
- Fresh / New claim 73
- Frisians 9
- Friulians 1
- Fulani 44
- Fur 11
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- Ga 1
- Gaboye 12
- Gagauz 20
- Galicians 1
- Gang related violence 232
- Garinagu 10
- Gender discrimination 5,355
- Gender mainstreaming 192
- Gender-based persecution 778
- Generalized violence 207
- Genocide 666
- Germans 42
- Gio 2
- Global Consultations on international protection 120
- Good governance 2,672
- Good offices 46
- Greeks 23
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 127
- Grounds for persecution 130
- Group / Prima facie determination 54
- Guambiano 1
- Guaraní / Mbyá 6
- Guaymi 2
- Gujaratis 10
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- Habeas corpus 125
- Habitual residence 51
- Hadza 3
- Haitians 97
- Han 29
- Haratin 8
- Hare Krishna 270
- Harmful traditional practices 392
- Hazara 132
- Hema 5
- High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges 36
- High Commissioner's Forum 33
- Hijacking 33
- Himba 5
- Hindu 1,085
- Hispanic 1
- HIV and AIDS 1,361
- Hmong 175
- Honamese 2
- Honour killings 278
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2,884
- Huang Jiao 6
- Huaorani 1
- Hui 15
- Human rights activists 6,304
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 16,104
- Human Rights Council 1,932
- Human rights courts 281
- Human rights law 184
- Human rights monitors 1,911
- Humanitarian assistance 3,812
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 30
- Hungarians 64
- Hutus 170
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- Iban 2
- Ibo 23
- IDP camps 910
- Igorots 3
- Ijaw 30
- Iko 1
- Illegal entry 293
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 603
- Illegitimate children 38
- Ilois 1
- Immigrants 528
- Immigration control after entry 55
- Immigration Detention 1,436
- Immigration law 898
- Immunity 141
- Impunity 3,820
- Inclusion clauses 9
- Income-generating projects 9
- Independence of judiciary 2,074
- Indians 45
- Indigenous persons 1,856
- Ingush 133
- Integration 517
- Internal armed conflict 4,997
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 728
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 8,324
- International armed conflict 595
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 40
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 208
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 66
- International courts and tribunals 1,116
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 324
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 279
- International criminal law 283
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 930
- International protection 1,077
- Inuit 7
- Involuntary repatriation 127
- Iranians 84
- Ismaili 55
- Issaq 32
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- Jain 35
- Japanese 22
- Jehovah's Witness 1,585
- Jew 1,724
- Jurisdiction 144
- Juvenile justice system 207
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- Kabards 14
- Kabre 2
- Kachin 167
- Kadazans 2
- Kalenjin 15
- Kalmyks 3
- Kankuamo 1
- Karachay 16
- Karakalpaks 4
- Karamojong 11
- Karen 97
- Kariña 1
- Kasaians 3
- Kashmiris 77
- 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 10
- Komi-Permyaks 1
- Konkomba 10
- Korani 1
- Koreans 69
- Koryaks 1
- Kosovar 288
- Krou 3
- Kuchi 16
- Kumyks 11
- Kuna 2
- Kunama 9
- Kurd 1,456
- Kusasi 3
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- Labour law 118
- Ladins 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 416
- Lao Sung 1
- Lao Tai 1
- Lao Theung 2
- Lari 17
- Law of the sea 86
- Laws relating to religion 263
- Laz 6
- Legal representation / Legal aid 554
- Lendu 5
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 3,473
- Lezgin 17
- Lhotshampas 5
- Limba 3
- Livelihoods 462
- Location of camps 474
- Lorosae 1
- Luba 21
- Luhya 3
- Lunda, Yeke 3
- Luo 18
- Lutheran 479
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- M'boshi 3
- Maasai 13
- Macedonians 42
- Madhesis 5
- Madhiban 35
- Magyars 5
- Makuxi 1
- Malays 22
- Malinke / Mandingo 16
- Mandate status 44
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 119
- Mansi 1
- Maori 21
- Mapuche 31
- Mari 1
- Maronite 102
- Maskoy 1
- Mass exodus 144
- Massaleit 9
- Maternal and child health care 460
- Mayans 27
- Mbororo 8
- Medical screening 31
- Melanesians 7
- Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 10
- Mende 7
- Mennonite 121
- Mental harm 2
- Mental health 540
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 149
- Mercenaries 131
- Merina 4
- Meskhetians 24
- Messianic Jews 61
- Methodist 536
- Micronesians 1
- Midgan 18
- Migrant rights 1,016
- Migrants 3,098
- Military courts 499
- Military law 181
- Military operations 2,184
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3,257
- Minorities 5,621
- Minority rights 1,326
- Mizos 3
- Mohajirs 72
- Moluccans 1
- Mon 34
- Mongols 75
- Montagnards 70
- Montenegrin 13
- Moor 1
- Moravian 46
- Mordovans 1
- Mormon 805
- Moros 7
- Mossi-Dagomba 7
- Multiple nationality 170
- Murut 2
- Muslim 5,081
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- Nagas 10
- Nambiquara 1
- National security / Public order 559
- Naturalization 285
- Ndebele 20
- Nenets 1
- Nepalis 22
- New Life Church 5
- Ngbandi 9
- Nogai 7
- Nomads 113
- Non-refoulement 611
- Non-self-governing territories 179
- Non-state agents of persecution 932
- Nuba 40
- Nuer 30
- Nukak 1
- Nuristanis 5
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- Occitans 2
- Ogaden 3
- Older persons 254
- One-child policy / Family planning 134
- Opposition 4,724
- Orang Asli 9
- Orderly return 41
- Oromo 95
- Orthodox Christian 1,135
- Ossetians (South) 153
- Ovimbundu 7
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- Paez 2
- Palestinian 1,311
- Pamiris 3
- Panjshiris 3
- Papuans 49
- Pashtun 84
- Passports 634
- Pastoralists 52
- Peace agreements 1,086
- Peace process 1,624
- Peacekeeping 2,204
- Pemón 1
- Pentecostal 729
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 294
- Persecution based on nationality 244
- Persecution based on political opinion 5,163
- Persecution of family members 533
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1,904
- Persons not in need of international protection 118
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 355
- Persons with disabilities 2,291
- Physical harm 5
- Piracy 105
- Poles 43
- Police 5,100
- Political asylum 301
- Political groups 1,728
- Political parties 4,225
- Political situation 9,453
- Polygamy 88
- Polynesians 8
- Pomaks 8
- Population transfers 33
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 97
- Pre-entry procedures 45
- Pre-trial detention 1,513
- Presbyterian 361
- Prevention of discrimination 459
- Prison or detention conditions 5,452
- Prisoners of war 107
- Proof of nationality 108
- Property restitution 365
- Prosecution vs persecution 378
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1,779
- Protection of camps 59
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 2,273
- Protestant 1,797
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2,497
- Public health 1,695
- Punjabis 33
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- Racial / Ethnic persecution 3,230
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 287
- Raizals 2
- Rapanui 2
- Rastafarian 160
- Ratification 7
- Re-entry 24
- Readmission 28
- Reception 413
- Reconciliation 698
- Referendum 388
- Refoulement 513
- Refugee / Asylum law 956
- Refugee camps 1,453
- Refugee identity documents 258
- Refugee seamen 274
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 719
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 153
- Refugees 9,510
- Refugees sur place 30
- Regional instruments 364
- Registration 367
- Reintegration 267
- Rejected asylum-seekers 556
- Rejection at border 89
- Religious discrimination 6,800
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 4,181
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 280
- Reservation 16
- Resettlement 877
- Residence permits / Residency 1,302
- Return conditions 587
- Returnees 1,467
- Right to a nationality 1,020
- Right to development 152
- Right to education 2,415
- Right to employment 1,896
- Right to family life 698
- Right to food 721
- Right to health 1,029
- Right to justice 893
- Right to leave 152
- Right to liberty and security 485
- Right to life 725
- Right to registration at birth 441
- Right to return 335
- Right to seek asylum 227
- Right to self-determination 1,108
- Rights of non-citizens 391
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 452
- Roma 1,444
- Romanians 35
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 4,631
- Russians 348
- Rwandans 16
- Ryukyuans 3
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- Sabean Mandean 52
- Sabians 6
- Safe country of origin 162
- Safe third country 392
- Saharawis 94
- Salafi 228
- Sale of children 277
- Samaritans 4
- Sami 201
- Samoan 1
- San Bushmen 41
- Sanctions 583
- Sandzak 9
- Sardinians 3
- Scientologist 146
- Secondary movement 160
- Security forces 4,937
- Security situation 10,483
- Senoufo 1
- Serb 247
- Serious non-political crime 194
- Seventh Day Adventist 844
- Sexual and reproductive rights 773
- SGBV 8,191
- Shabak 51
- Shamanism 38
- Shan 81
- Sharia law 193
- Sheikhal 2
- Shia 1,369
- Shinto 40
- Shuar 1
- Signatories and Parties 5
- Sikh 668
- Sindhis 16
- Single heads of household 81
- Single procedure 101
- Sinhalese 91
- Slavs 44
- Slovaks 14
- Slovenes 8
- Small arms 164
- Smuggling of persons 531
- Social group discrimination 3,024
- Social group persecution 999
- Solomon Islanders 1
- Somalis 398
- Sorbs 1
- Soyot 1
- Spontaneous return 56
- Standard of proof 125
- State of emergency 387
- State protection 1,572
- Statelessness 1,307
- Statelessness Determination Procedures 44
- Stowaways 27
- Sufi 278
- Sunni 1,494
- Sur place persecution 77
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 777
- Suspensive effect 36
- Susu 2
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- Tajik 95
- Talysh 9
- Tamil 862
- Taoist 135
- Tatars 303
- Temne 5
- Temporary admission 90
- Temporary protection 208
- Territorial asylum 65
- Terrorism 8,977
- Threats / Intimidation 815
- Tibetan 1,157
- Tien Do 1
- Tigreans 16
- Tikuna 1
- Tiv 4
- Toba 2
- Torres Strait Islanders 8
- Torture 2,433
- Trafficking in persons 9,264
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 63
- Transit 56
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 746
- Travel documents 286
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 706
- Tripuras 2
- Tuareg 139
- Tukano 2
- Tuni Torre 1
- Turkmen 122
- Turks 54
- Tutsis 281
- Tuvinians 4
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- U'wa 1
- Udmurts 2
- Uighur 882
- Ukrainians 68
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 810
- UNHCR mandate 87
- Unification Church 111
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1,746
- Unlawful departure 150
- Urban refugees 193
- Urueu-Wau-Wau 2
- Uzbek 282
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- Veddhas 2
- Vietnamese 19
- Visas 1,467
- Vlachs 5
- Voluntary repatriation 762
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- Wapixana 2
- War crimes 1,350
- Warao 2
- Wayeyi 4
- Wayuú 5
- Well-founded fear of persecution 448
- Wichi / Mataco 1
- Widowed persons 68
- Witchcraft 60
- Withdrawal of nationality 79
- Witnesses 492
- Women's rights 7,817
- Women-at-risk 4,344
- Work permits 371
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- Xhosa 3
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- Zanzibaris 17
- Zapotecs 3
- Zarma 1
- Zomi (Chin) 5
- Zoroastrian 194
- Zulus 13
- Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) 46,253
- Administration of justice 22,048
- Age, gender and diversity 50,475
- Asylum 1,230
- Asylum-migration nexus 15,313
- Burden / standard of proof 4,066
- Camps 3,160
- Comprehensive solutions 5,098
- Entry, admission and reception 3,386
- Flight 758
- Human rights 206,912
- Immigration law 12,675
- International crimes 16,238
- International humanitarian law (IHL) 23,598
- International law 8,959
- Medical and health 4,184
- National law 4,074
- Nationality and statelessness 3,041
- Persons of concern 23,829
- Political and security situation 85,177
- Population groups 18,736
- Protection 4,759
- Religious groups 35,152
