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U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel 22 December 2016 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians 16 December 2016 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its mission to the United States of America 18 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice on its mission to the United States of America 4 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Progress Report mid-2016. Beyond Detention: A Global Strategy to support governments to end the detention of asylum-seeker and refugees, 2014-2019 - United States of America August 2016 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Enabling a Dictator: The United States and Chad's Hissène Habré 1982-1990 28 June 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
Women's Asylum News: Issue No. 135, April/May 2016 May 2016 \| Publisher: Asylum Aid \| Document type: Country Reports
Submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture in relation to the United States of America's One-Year Follow-up Response to the Committee's Concluding Observations and Recommendations 1 March 2016 \| Publisher: REDRESS \| Document type: Country Reports
Iran-U.S. Air Service Not Imminent 21 January 2016 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Iran, Gulf Security, and U.S. Policy 14 January 2016 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports

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