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Abduction 117
Abkhazians 44
Abuse of psychiatry 31
Access to procedures 17
Access to water 2
Acts of persecution 2
Administrative courts 1
Administrative law 2
Admission quotas 4
Adoption 16
Adygey 2
Africans 2
Age discrimination 1
Ahmadis 1
Airports 24
Alawi 3
Albanians 2
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 3
Aliens 1
Altai 1
Amazonian Indians 1
Anglican 1
Animist 8
Anti-terrorism law 14
Appeal / Right to appeal 8
Arbitrary arrest and detention 168
Armed attacks on camps 5
Armed forces / Military 541
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 541
Armenian 25
Assyrians 3
Asylum policy 6
Asylum-migration nexus 5
Asylum-seekers 64
Avars 17
Azeri 13
Baha'i 6
Bail 1
Balkars 10
Baptist 29
Barabaig 1
Bashkirs 6
Batwa 1
Bedoon 2
Belarusians 3
Bihari 1
Blood feuds 1
Border conflict 38
Border controls 20
Border crossers 9
Buddhist 33
Bulgarians 1
Burden of proof 2
Buryat 8
Carrier sanctions 2
Catholic 43
Ceasefire 104
Cessation clauses 3
Chechen 573
Cherkess 2
Child labour 22
Child prostitution 16
Child soldiers 13
Children's rights 74
Children-at-risk 71
Chin 1
Chinese 1
Christian 89
Christian Scientist 1
Chukchi 2
Chuvash 8
Circassians 99
Citizenship / Nationality law 6
Civil and political rights 104
Civil rights legislation 1
Civil war 40
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 4
Combatants / Former combatants 10
Communal conflict / Social conflict 71
Complementary forms of protection 4
Confidentiality 2
Conflict prevention 5
Conflict resolution 26
Conflict situation 104
Constitutional law 2
Contemporary forms of slavery 4
Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 7
Copts 1
Corruption 177
Cossacks 39
Country of origin information (COI) 28
Coup d'état 10
Credibility assessment 11
Crime prevention 1
Crimean Tatars 56
Crimes against humanity 5
Crimes against peace 1
Criminal justice 150
Dalit 1
Dargins 8
Death in custody 34
Death penalty 64
Death squads 3
Decision on admissibility 5
Demobilization / Disarmament 15
Democracy 27
Denial of nationality 2
Denial of refugee status 2
Deportation / Forcible return 104
Derivative status 1
Diplomatic assurances 3
Disappeared persons 113
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 265
Dolgan 1
Domestic violence 26
Drug trafficking 17
Druze 2
Economic, social and cultural rights 50
Effective protection 7
Effective remedy 67
Election law 2
Elections 276
Embargo 7
Emigrants 13
Entry / Exit 6
Equal opportunities 1
Equality before the law 8
Ethiopians 4
Ethnic cleansing 3
Evacuation 4
Evangelical 8
Evenk 1
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 16
Exclusion clauses 3
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 11
Exiles 12
Expedited procedures 1
Expulsion 34
Extradition 114
Extrajudicial executions 136
Extreme poverty 2
False documents 6
Falun Gong 12
Family law 2
Family reunification 1
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 8
Finno-Ugric 7
Flight by land, air or sea 5
Forced labour 40
Forced marriage 13
Forced relocation 2
Forced sterilization / Abortion 2
Foreign occupation 82
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 290
Freedom of assembly and association 385
Freedom of conscience 35
Freedom of expression 1,028
Freedom of information 520
Freedom of movement 88
Freedom of religion 496
Freedom of speech 338
Fulani 4
Gagauz 1
Gang related violence 7
Gender discrimination 35
Gender mainstreaming 2
Gender-based persecution 5
Generalized violence 5
Genocide 12
Germans 11
Good governance 129
Grounds for persecution 2
HIV and AIDS 32
Habeas corpus 4
Habitual residence 2
Hadza 1
Han 2
Hare Krishna 22
Harmful traditional practices 5
Hijacking 1
Himba 1
Hindu 13
Hmong 2
Honour killings 6
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 49
Hui 1
Human Rights Council 17
Human rights activists 407
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 258
Human rights courts 26
Human rights law 7
Human rights monitors 149
Humanitarian assistance 45
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
IDP camps 2
Illegal entry 4
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 17
Immigrants 27
Immigration Detention 48
Immigration control after entry 2
Immigration law 8
Immunity 4
Impunity 88
Income-generating projects 1
Independence of judiciary 47
Indigenous persons 32
Ingush 132
Integration 12
Internal armed conflict 776
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 22
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 124
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 4
International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 2
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 7
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 3
International armed conflict 23
International courts and tribunals 31
International criminal law 5
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 20
International protection 6
Inuit 2
Involuntary repatriation 2
Jehovah's Witness 116
Jew 90
Jurisdiction 2
Juvenile justice system 2
Kabards 14
Kachin 4
Kalmyks 3
Karachay 16
Karen 2
Kazakhs 4
Khakass 10
Khants 1
Komi 10
Komi-Permyaks 1
Koreans 5
Koryaks 1
Kosovar 3
Kumyks 9
Kurd 30
Labour law 2
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 20
Law of the sea 1
Laws relating to religion 27
Legal representation / Legal aid 11
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 216
Lezgin 10
Livelihoods 6
Luo 1
Lutheran 7
Maasai 1
Mandate status 2
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 4
Mansi 1
Mari 1
Maronite 2
Mass exodus 1
Maternal and child health care 6
Mennonite 2
Mental health 19
Mentally disadvantaged persons 4
Mercenaries 7
Meskhetians 4
Messianic Jews 2
Methodist 8
Migrant rights 29
Migrants 144
Military courts 16
Military law 1
Military operations 212
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 133
Minorities 174
Minority rights 25
Mon 1
Mongols 2
Montagnards 1
Mordovans 1
Mormon 12
Multiple nationality 9
Muslim 380
National security / Public order 44
Naturalization 9
Nenets 1
Nepalis 2
Nogai 7
Nomads 3
Non-refoulement 14
Non-self-governing territories 11
Non-state agents of persecution 13
Nuer 2
Older persons 23
Opposition 398
Orang Asli 1
Orderly return 1
Oromo 2
Orthodox Christian 90
Ossetians (South) 84
Palestinian 24
Passports 21
Peace agreements 37
Peace process 115
Peacekeeping 37
Pentecostal 17
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 12
Persecution based on nationality 8
Persecution based on political opinion 131
Persecution of family members 10
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 82
Persons of concern to UNHCR 4
Persons with disabilities 52
Piracy 8
Poles 2
Police 217
Political asylum 16
Political groups 52
Political parties 138
Political situation 474
Polygamy 4
Population transfers 1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 4
Pre-trial detention 50
Presbyterian 2
Prevention of discrimination 3
Prison or detention conditions 108
Prisoners of war 77
Proof of nationality 3
Property restitution 3
Prosecution vs persecution 24
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 17
Protection of camps 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 49
Protestant 52
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 188
Public health 43
Racial / Ethnic persecution 166
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 15
Readmission 2
Reconciliation 3
Referendum 31
Refoulement 11
Refugee / Asylum law 9
Refugee camps 19
Refugee identity documents 4
Refugee seamen 6
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 8
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 5
Refugees 138
Regional instruments 10
Registration 12
Reintegration 2
Rejected asylum-seekers 9
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 246
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 106
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 7
Residence permits / Residency 69
Return conditions 6
Returnees 17
Right to a nationality 71
Right to development 2
Right to education 24
Right to employment 16
Right to family life 21
Right to food 3
Right to health 25
Right to justice 19
Right to leave 9
Right to liberty and security 55
Right to life 55
Right to registration at birth 4
Right to return 18
Right to seek asylum 8
Right to self-determination 52
Rights of non-citizens 8
Rohingya (Arakanese) 6
Roma 30
Romanians 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 158
Russians 112
SGBV 66
Safe country of origin 13
Safe third country 12
Salafi 46
Sale of children 6
Sami 9
San Bushmen 1
Sanctions 128
Scientologist 7
Security forces 261
Security situation 713
Serb 4
Serious non-political crime 15
Seventh Day Adventist 4
Sexual and reproductive rights 8
Shabak 2
Shamanism 10
Shan 3
Sharia law 11
Shia 35
Sikh 1
Sindhis 2
Single heads of household 2
Single procedure 4
Slavs 10
Small arms 11
Smuggling of persons 3
Social group discrimination 30
Social group persecution 15
Soyot 1
Spontaneous return 2
Standard of proof 2
State of emergency 16
State protection 19
Statelessness 26
Sufi 29
Sunni 57
Sur place persecution 1
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 5
Suspensive effect 4
Tajik 13
Taoist 1
Tatars 201
Temporary admission 7
Temporary protection 5
Terrorism 573
Threats / Intimidation 27
Tibetan 7
Tiv 2
Torture 77
Trafficking in persons 70
Transit 1
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 12
Travel documents 6
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 8
Tuareg 4
Turkmen 7
Turks 3
Tuvinians 3
Udmurts 1
Uighur 29
Ukrainians 12
Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 10
Unlawful departure 5
Uzbek 31
Visas 63
Voluntary repatriation 14
War crimes 38
Well-founded fear of persecution 10
Withdrawal of nationality 3
Witnesses 9
Women's rights 74
Women-at-risk 32
Work permits 14
Yakut 3
Yazīdī 5
Zoroastrian 1

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