United Arab Emirates

• Amnesty International 79
• Article 19 4
• Asylum Aid 4
• Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal 4
• Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) 1
• Canada: Federal Court 1
• Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 59
• Child Soldiers International 3
• Committee to Protect Journalists 16
• European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) 1
• Freedom House 36
• Human Rights Watch 83
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) 2
• International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) 1
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 4
• International Federation for Human Rights 7
• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) 1
• International Trade Union Confederation 8
• Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre 2
• Jamestown Foundation 1
• League of Arab States 1
• Minority Rights Group International 2
• National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities 5
• New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority 1
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 13
• REDRESS 1
• Refugees International 2
• Regional Treaties, Agreements, Declarations and Related 2
• Reporters Without Borders 44
• UN Commission on Human Rights 3
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 1
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 4
• UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) 1
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
• UN Development Programme (UNDP) 1
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 12
• UN Human Rights Council 24
• UN News Service 4
• UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2
• UN Security Council 4
• United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) 1
• United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 2
• United States Congressional Research Service 12
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit 1
• United States Department of State 72
• United States District Courts 1
• United States Library of Congress 1

• Annual Reports 184
• Case Law 7
• Comments on Concluding Observations 1
• Compilations 3
• Concluding Observations 1
• Conference Reports 1
• Country News 172
• Country Profiles 3
• Country Reports 56
• Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries 2
• Maps 2
• Memoranda of Understanding 1
• Mission Reports 1
• Multilateral Treaties/Agreements 1
• National Legislation 5
• Query Responses 63
• Regional Reports 1
• Research, Background and Discussion Papers 1
• Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 1
• Sessional Reports 4
• Speeches/Statements 4
• States Parties Reports 6
• Thematic Reports 16

• Abduction 1
• Access to procedures 7
• Administrative law 1
• Ahmadis 5
• Airports 1
• Aliens 1
• Anglican 1
• Anti-terrorism law 3
• Appeal / Right to appeal 4
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 69
• Armed forces / Military 3
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
• Asylum policy 2
• Asylum-migration nexus 2
• Asylum-seekers 7
• Baha'i 10
• Bail 1
• Bedoon 2
• Border conflict 1
• Buddhist 9
• Burden of proof 1
• Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
• Catholic 1
• Changes of circumstances in home country 1
• Child labour 5
• Child prostitution 4
• Child soldiers 3
• Children's rights 26
• Children-at-risk 17
• Christian 10
• Citizenship / Nationality law 5
• Civil and political rights 5
• Combatants / Former combatants 1
• Conflict situation 1
• Constitutional law 1
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
• Copts 2
• Corruption 5
• Country of origin information (COI) 1
• Credibility assessment 2
• Criminal justice 20
• Death in custody 1
• Death penalty 17
• Democracy 7
• Deportation / Forcible return 6
• Disappeared persons 32
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 21
• Domestic violence 13
• Drug trafficking 1
• Druze 7
• Economic, social and cultural rights 16
• Effective protection 2
• Effective remedy 3
• Egyptians 2
• Elections 8
• Embargo 1
• Emigrants 1
• Equal opportunities 1
• Equality before the law 1
• Evangelical 1
• Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
• Exiles 1
• Expulsion 3
• Extradition 1
• Extrajudicial executions 14
• Falun Gong 1
• Family reunification 1
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
• Forced labour 27
• Foreign occupation 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 56
• Freedom of assembly and association 68
• Freedom of conscience 9
• Freedom of expression 165
• Freedom of information 105
• Freedom of movement 22
• Freedom of religion 49
• Freedom of speech 74
• Fresh / New claim 1
• Gender discrimination 34
• Gender mainstreaming 1
• Gender-based persecution 2
• Generalized violence 1
• Good governance 4
• HIV and AIDS 5
• Habeas corpus 1
• Harmful traditional practices 1
• Hindu 10
• Honour killings 2
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 3
• Human Rights Council 10
• Human rights activists 47
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 62
• Human rights law 1
• Human rights monitors 13
• Humanitarian assistance 1
• Illegal entry 1
• Immigration Detention 6
• Immigration law 2
• Impunity 5
• Independence of judiciary 12
• International criminal law 1
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
• International protection 4
• Involuntary repatriation 1
• Ismaili 5
• Jew 8
• Jurisdiction 1
• Juvenile justice system 1
• Kurd 1
• Labour law 2
• Legal representation / Legal aid 2
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 6
• Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 1
• Mass exodus 1
• Maternal and child health care 1
• Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
• Migrant rights 30
• Migrants 45
• Military operations 4
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 2
• Minorities 9
• Minority rights 1
• Multiple nationality 1
• Muslim 11
• National security / Public order 5
• Naturalization 1
• Non-refoulement 3
• Opposition 8
• Orthodox Christian 3
• Palestinian 7
• Passports 6
• Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
• Persecution based on nationality 2
• Persecution based on political opinion 30
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 8
• Persons with disabilities 10
• Police 15
• Political groups 2
• Political parties 7
• Political situation 22
• Polygamy 2
• Pre-trial detention 8
• Prison or detention conditions 30
• Prisoners of war 1
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 11
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
• Public health 2
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 3
• Refugee / Asylum law 1
• Refugee seamen 2
• Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 2
• Refugee travel documents / CTDs 2
• Refugees 15
• Religious discrimination 21
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 11
• Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
• Resettlement 1
• Residence permits / Residency 18
• Right to a nationality 3
• Right to development 1
• Right to education 5
• Right to employment 15
• Right to family life 1
• Right to health 1
• Right to justice 5
• Right to leave 2
• Right to liberty and security 4
• Right to life 1
• Right to registration at birth 2
• Right to return 1
• Right to self-determination 4
• Rights of non-citizens 6
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 43
• SGBV 26
• Safe country of origin 1
• Sale of children 2
• Security forces 9
• Security situation 12
• Sexual and reproductive rights 3
• Shia 10
• Sikh 10
• Smuggling of persons 4
• Social group discrimination 13
• Social group persecution 1
• State protection 3
• Statelessness 24
• Sunni 10
• Sur place persecution 1
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 5
• Tamil 1
• Temporary protection 1
• Terrorism 32
• Threats / Intimidation 2
• Torture 27
• Trafficking in persons 62
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 5
• Travel documents 2
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 13
• Unlawful departure 1
• Visas 14
• Well-founded fear of persecution 1
• Witnesses 1
• Women's rights 51
• Women-at-risk 16
• Work permits 11
• Zoroastrian 4

UNHCR is not responsible for the content and availability of non-UNHCR websites. Content displays in a new window.

• Amnesty International - United Arab Emirates
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - United Arab Emirates
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - United Arab Emirates
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Kuwait
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - United Arab Emirates
• ReliefWeb - United Arab Emirates (the)
• UNHCR - United Arab Emirates
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - United Arab Emirates
• United States Department of State - United Arab Emirates
• World Health Organization (WHO) - United Arab Emirates