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- Country Information 2,969
- Legal Information 1,471
- Policy Documents 8
- Reference Documents 37
- Amnesty International 149
- Article 19 6
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- Asylum Aid 29
- Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal 2
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- Canada: Federal Court 38
- Canada: Federal Court of Appeal 6
- Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 519
- Canada: Supreme Court 2
- Center for Gender & Refugee Studies 16
- Child Soldiers International 3
- Committee to Protect Journalists 77
- Costa Rica: Corte Suprema de Justicia 1
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- Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights 5
- Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly 2
- Equal Rights Trust 1
- EurasiaNet 43
- European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union 2
- France: Sénat 1
- Freedom House 52
- Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum 2
- Global Detention Project (GDP) 1
- Human Rights Watch 119
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting 1
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- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) 1
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 4
- International Court of Justice (ICJ) 14
- International Crisis Group (ICG) 1
- International Detention Coalition 1
- International Federation for Human Rights 11
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) 9
- International Trade Union Confederation 9
- Jamestown Foundation 5
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- Migration Policy Institute 1
- Minorities at Risk Project 8
- Minority Rights Group International 20
- National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities 22
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- Open Society Foundations (OSF) 4
- Radio Free Asia 163
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1,509
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- Refugees International 3
- Reporters Without Borders 15
- South Africa: Constitutional Court 1
- UN Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Stateless Persons 4
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 2
- UN Commission on Human Rights 11
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 7
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 5
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 9
- UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 1
- UN General Assembly 3
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 91
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 13
- UN Human Rights Council 29
- UN News Service 16
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- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 1
- UN Security Council 3
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- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 36
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 515
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 56
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- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 55
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- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 39
- United States Department of State 10
- United States District Courts 15
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- United States President 1
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- Women's Refugee Commission 5
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- Case Law 1,361
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- Mission Reports 10
- Multilateral Treaties/Agreements 1
- National Decrees, Circulars, Regulation, Policy Documents 2
- National Legislation 17
- National Legislation Compilations/Analyses 1
- Policy/Position Papers 1
- Query Responses 517
- Regional Reports 8
- Research, Background and Discussion Papers 6
- Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 5
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- Speeches/Statements 2
- States Parties Reports 16
- Thematic Guidelines 3
- Thematic Reports 41
- UNHCR Country Updates 1
- 1951 Refugee Convention 2
- Abduction 26
- Abkhazians 2
- Aborigine 1
- Access to procedures 12
- Access to water 2
- Acts of persecution 9
- Administrative courts 2
- Adoption 14
- Africans 4
- Age discrimination 2
- Agents of persecution 4
- Ahmadis 2
- Airports 20
- Albanians 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
- Aliens 7
- Amazonian Indians 1
- Amhara 1
- Amish 1
- Anti-terrorism law 10
- Apartheid 2
- Appeal / Right to appeal 36
- Arabs 2
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 70
- Armed forces / Military 273
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 272
- Armenian 3
- Arrival 1
- Assyrians 1
- Asylum policy 10
- Asylum-migration nexus 7
- Asylum-seekers 78
- Baha'i 2
- Bail 3
- Baluchis 1
- Bantu 1
- Baptist 3
- Barabaig 1
- Batwa 1
- Benefit of the doubt 1
- Blood feuds 6
- Border conflict 6
- Border controls 15
- Border crossers 5
- Buddhist 2
- Bulgarians 1
- Burden of proof 27
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
- Cancellation 1
- Capacity building of state institutions 1
- Catholic 3
- Ceasefire 10
- Cessation clauses 1
- Changes of circumstances in home country 25
- Chechen 1
- Child labour 10
- Child prostitution 9
- Child soldiers 11
- Children's rights 49
- Children-at-risk 44
- Chin 1
- Chinese 2
- Christian 24
- Citizenship / Nationality law 5
- Civil and political rights 11
- Civil war 16
- Civilian character of asylum 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 19
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 5
- Complementary forms of protection 11
- Confidentiality 3
- Conflict situation 2
- Constitutional law 9
- Contemporary forms of slavery 2
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 87
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
- Convention refugee 2
- Corruption 29
- Country of origin information (COI) 32
- Coup d'état 4
- Credibility assessment 46
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimes against humanity 10
- Crimes against peace 3
- Criminal justice 143
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
- Death in custody 5
- Death penalty 90
- Death squads 1
- Decision on admissibility 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 1
- Democracy 6
- Denial of nationality 2
- Denial of refugee status 334
- Deportation / Forcible return 656
- Derivative status 6
- Dioula 1
- Diplomatic assurances 4
- Disappeared persons 25
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 45
- Domestic violence 36
- Drug trafficking 17
- EU Qualification Directive 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 8
- Effective protection 4
- Effective remedy 17
- Elections 48
- Embargo 4
- Emigrants 1
- Entry into force 1
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 3
- Eritreans 2
- Evacuation 1
- Evangelical 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 66
- Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 2
- Exclusion clauses 19
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 5
- Expedited procedures 3
- Expulsion 17
- Extradition 38
- Extrajudicial executions 18
- Extreme poverty 4
- False documents 2
- Falun Gong 1
- Family law 2
- Family reunification 3
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 37
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 3
- Forced labour 13
- Forced marriage 7
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 14
- Foreign occupation 7
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 138
- Freedom of assembly and association 34
- Freedom of conscience 8
- Freedom of expression 304
- Freedom of information 103
- Freedom of movement 19
- Freedom of religion 32
- Freedom of speech 119
- Fresh / New claim 2
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 26
- Gender discrimination 17
- Gender mainstreaming 3
- Gender-based persecution 28
- Generalized violence 1
- Genocide 7
- Gio 1
- Good governance 5
- Grounds for persecution 16
- HIV and AIDS 31
- Habeas corpus 34
- Habitual residence 2
- Hadza 1
- Haitians 3
- Han 1
- Hare Krishna 1
- Harmful traditional practices 7
- Himba 1
- Hispanic 1
- Hmong 8
- Honour killings 5
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 13
- Hui 1
- Human Rights Council 16
- Human rights activists 77
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 96
- Human rights courts 1
- Human rights law 2
- Human rights monitors 18
- Humanitarian assistance 15
- Hungarians 1
- IDP camps 1
- Ibo 1
- Illegal entry 22
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 48
- Immigrants 42
- Immigration Detention 59
- Immigration control after entry 7
- Immigration law 16
- Immunity 5
- Impunity 18
- Independence of judiciary 5
- Indians 1
- Indigenous persons 25
- Integration 3
- Internal armed conflict 91
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 16
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 26
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 1
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 7
- International armed conflict 6
- International courts and tribunals 5
- International criminal law 3
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 21
- Inuit 2
- Involuntary repatriation 4
- Iranians 2
- Japanese 1
- Jehovah's Witness 6
- Jew 5
- Jurisdiction 21
- Juvenile justice system 12
- Karen 4
- Kashmiris 1
- Koreans 2
- Kosovar 4
- Kurd 18
- Labour law 3
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
- Laws relating to religion 1
- Legal representation / Legal aid 27
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 100
- Livelihoods 4
- Maasai 1
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 5
- Maternal and child health care 12
- Medical screening 1
- Mental health 14
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 9
- Mercenaries 1
- Migrant rights 15
- Migrants 25
- Military courts 34
- Military law 6
- Military operations 167
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 49
- Minorities 37
- Minority rights 8
- Mon 1
- Mongols 1
- Montagnards 1
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 28
- National security / Public order 16
- Naturalization 13
- Nepalis 1
- Non-refoulement 27
- Non-state agents of persecution 47
- Older persons 1
- One-child policy / Family planning 21
- Opposition 44
- Orang Asli 1
- Orderly return 1
- Oromo 4
- Ossetians (South) 1
- Palestinian 4
- Passports 4
- Peace agreements 2
- Peace process 30
- Peacekeeping 3
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
- Persecution based on nationality 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 250
- Persecution of family members 51
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 51
- Persons not in need of international protection 3
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 7
- Persons with disabilities 13
- Police 26
- Political asylum 41
- Political groups 7
- Political parties 14
- Political situation 26
- Polygamy 1
- Polynesians 1
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
- Pre-trial detention 33
- Prevention of discrimination 7
- Prison or detention conditions 98
- Prisoners of war 10
- Proof of nationality 2
- Prosecution vs persecution 21
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 14
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 23
- Protestant 1
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 21
- Public health 23
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 26
- Re-entry 1
- Reconciliation 1
- Refoulement 11
- Refugee / Asylum law 21
- Refugee camps 3
- Refugee identity documents 3
- Refugee seamen 9
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 10
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 6
- Refugees 89
- Regional instruments 2
- Reintegration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 13
- Rejection at border 4
- Religious discrimination 8
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 72
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 7
- Resettlement 49
- Residence permits / Residency 42
- Return conditions 1
- Returnees 5
- Right to a nationality 9
- Right to education 14
- Right to employment 33
- Right to family life 14
- Right to food 2
- Right to health 14
- Right to justice 24
- Right to leave 2
- Right to liberty and security 14
- Right to life 9
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to return 7
- Right to seek asylum 6
- Right to self-determination 5
- Rights of non-citizens 16
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 9
- Roma 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 67
- Russians 1
- SGBV 71
- Safe country of origin 1
- Safe third country 21
- Sale of children 4
- Sami 1
- San Bushmen 1
- Sanctions 81
- Secondary movement 1
- Security forces 28
- Security situation 51
- Serb 1
- Serious non-political crime 11
- Sexual and reproductive rights 11
- Shan 2
- Shia 5
- Single procedure 2
- Small arms 4
- Smuggling of persons 5
- Social group discrimination 11
- Social group persecution 156
- Somalis 5
- Standard of proof 20
- State protection 30
- Statelessness 14
- Stowaways 1
- Sunni 1
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 6
- Suspensive effect 6
- Tamil 6
- Tatars 2
- Temporary admission 6
- Temporary protection 9
- Terrorism 169
- Threats / Intimidation 11
- Tibetan 17
- Torture 25
- Trafficking in persons 40
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 5
- Travel documents 3
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 9
- Turkmen 1
- Uighur 22
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 27
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 10
- Unlawful departure 1
- Urban refugees 1
- Uzbek 1
- Vietnamese 2
- Visas 150
- Voluntary repatriation 4
- War crimes 17
- Well-founded fear of persecution 177
- Withdrawal of nationality 1
- Witnesses 10
- Women's rights 57
- Women-at-risk 23
- Work permits 24
- Yazīdī 5
- Yoruba 1
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- Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) - Refugee Integration
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