Annual Reports
Annual reports are published annually by various governments, NGOs and others. They cover country and human rights situations, very often providing a broad overview of many areas rather than concentrating on specific issues.
- Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) 9
- Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) 1
- Amnesty International 3,800
- Article 19 3
- Asylum Access 1
- Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement 2
- Child Soldiers International 548
- Committee to Protect Journalists 4,270
- Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights 3
- Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture 4
- Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers 8
- Council of Europe: European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) 7
- Council of Europe: Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 2
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) 1
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles 3
- European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights 8
- European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) 7
- European Union: European Commission 6
- Freedom House 7,305
- Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack 30
- Human Rights Watch 2,000
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) 18
- Inter-Parliamentary Union 1
- International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) 1
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 532
- International Detention Coalition 1
- International Federation for Human Rights 621
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) 371
- International Labour Organization (ILO) 5
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) 51
- International Trade Union Confederation 1,110
- Migration Policy Group (MPG) 83
- Minority Rights Group International 832
- Netherlands, The: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2
- Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC) 260
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 4
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI) 3
- Reporters Without Borders 1,016
- Save the Children 7
- Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) 5
- UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 1
- UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) 7
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 11
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 7
- UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 2
- UN Development Programme (UNDP) 2
- UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 2
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) 34
- UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) 2
- UN General Assembly 21
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 534
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 2
- UN Human Rights Council 59
- UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 1
- UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 4
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 3
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 13
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 4
- UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 2
- UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 1
- UN Secretary-General (UNSG) 3
- UN Security Council 4
- UN World Food Programme 2
- UN World Health Organization (WHO) 2
- United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 237
- United Nations 12
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 375
- United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 1,302
- United States Department of Labor 2,000
- United States Department of State 12,510
- World Organisation Against Torture 4
- Afghanistan 378
- Albania 211
- Algeria 324
- American Samoa 3
- Andorra 71
- Angola 241
- Anguilla 15
- Antigua and Barbuda 100
- Argentina 248
- Armenia 268
- Aruba 11
- Australia 195
- Austria 162
- Azerbaijan 327
- Bahamas 127
- Bahrain 260
- Bangladesh 313
- Barbados 112
- Belarus 283
- Belgium 177
- Belize 140
- Benin 156
- Bermuda 7
- Bhutan 131
- Bolivia 218
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 279
- Botswana 148
- Brazil 322
- British Virgin Islands 16
- Brunei Darussalam 104
- Bulgaria 221
- Burkina Faso 180
- Burundi 269
- Cambodia 254
- Cameroon 209
- Canada 196
- Cape Verde 102
- Cayman Islands 3
- Central African Republic 210
- Chad 243
- Chile 221
- China 621
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands 7
- Colombia 418
- Comoros 120
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 319
- Congo, Republic of the 183
- Cook Islands 21
- Costa Rica 154
- Croatia 237
- Cuba 288
- Cyprus 170
- Czech Republic 186
- Côte d'Ivoire 246
- Denmark 154
- Djibouti 165
- Dominica 93
- Dominican Republic 189
- Ecuador 236
- Egypt 392
- El Salvador 197
- Equatorial Guinea 166
- Eritrea 302
- Estonia 167
- Ethiopia 347
- Falkland Islands 15
- Fiji 160
- Finland 140
- France 234
- French Guiana 5
- French Polynesia 5
- Gabon 148
- Gambia 198
- Georgia 336
- Germany 219
- Ghana 183
- Gibraltar 10
- Greece 214
- Grenada 98
- Guadeloupe 4
- Guam 3
- Guatemala 268
- Guinea 211
- Guinea-Bissau 159
- Guyana 143
- Haiti 243
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 4
- Honduras 246
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 148
- Hungary 211
- Iceland 100
- India 406
- Indonesia 317
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 373
- Iraq 598
- Ireland 153
- Israel 377
- Italy 216
- Jamaica 161
- Japan 194
- Jordan 239
- Kazakhstan 288
- Kenya 291
- Kiribati 99
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 235
- Korea, Republic of 194
- Kuwait 203
- Kyrgyzstan 289
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 192
- Latvia 176
- Lebanon 305
- Lesotho 132
- Liberia 226
- Libya 262
- Liechtenstein 72
- Lithuania 168
- Luxembourg 93
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 82
- Madagascar 140
- Malawi 173
- Malaysia 259
- Maldives 152
- Mali 213
- Malta 119
- Marshall Islands 77
- Martinique 4
- Mauritania 220
- Mauritius 117
- Mexico 343
- Micronesia, Federated States of 83
- Moldova, Republic of 208
- Monaco 71
- Mongolia 146
- Montenegro 213
- Montserrat 15
- Morocco 263
- Mozambique 179
- Myanmar 320
- Namibia 162
- Nauru 83
- Nepal 274
- Netherlands 180
- Netherlands Antilles 11
- New Caledonia 4
- New Zealand 140
- Nicaragua 189
- Niger 194
- Nigeria 318
- Niue 19
- Norfolk Island 9
- Northern Mariana Islands 4
- Norway 134
- Oman 154
- Pakistan 459
- Palau 79
- Palestine, State of 387
- Panama 180
- Papua New Guinea 167
- Paraguay 201
- Peru 270
- Philippines 412
- Pitcairn 6
- Poland 207
- Portugal 145
- Puerto Rico 38
- Qatar 161
- Romania 207
- Russian Federation 474
- Rwanda 297
- Saint Helena 11
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 92
- Saint Lucia 101
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 101
- Samoa 97
- San Marino 69
- Sao Tome and Principe 84
- Saudi Arabia 305
- Senegal 203
- Serbia 365
- Seychelles 101
- Sierra Leone 222
- Singapore 185
- Slovakia 178
- Slovenia 152
- Solomon Islands 133
- Somalia 381
- South Africa 258
- South Sudan 84
- Spain 200
- Sri Lanka 324
- Sudan 331
- Suriname 129
- Swaziland 160
- Sweden 168
- Switzerland 154
- Syrian Arab Republic 475
- Tajikistan 272
- Tanzania, United Republic of 222
- Thailand 301
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 209
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 160
- Togo 181
- Tokelau 14
- Tonga 109
- Trinidad and Tobago 152
- Tunisia 257
- Turkey 461
- Turkmenistan 260
- Turks and Caicos Islands 18
- Tuvalu 86
- U.S. Virgin Islands 5
- Uganda 282
- Ukraine 287
- United Arab Emirates 189
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 260
- United States of America 205
- Uruguay 171
- Uzbekistan 317
- Vanuatu 92
- Venezuela 277
- Viet Nam 300
- Wallis and Futuna 13
- Western Sahara Territory 133
- Yemen 294
- Zambia 195
- Zimbabwe 262
- 1951 Refugee Convention 4
- Abduction 642
- Abkhazians 19
- Aborigine 20
- Abuse of psychiatry 17
- Access to procedures 310
- Access to water 86
- Acehnese 14
- Acholi 5
- Adivasis 11
- Admission quotas 5
- Adoption 8
- Afars 4
- Africans 40
- Afro-Colombians 6
- Age discrimination 6
- Agents of persecution 1
- Ahmadis 175
- Ahwazi 8
- Ainu 7
- Airports 57
- Ajarians 1
- Aka 2
- Akhdam 1
- Alawi 31
- Albanians 15
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 85
- Alevis 30
- Aliens 4
- Amazonian Indians 8
- Amhara 1
- Andaman Islanders 1
- Anglican 651
- Animist 475
- Anti-terrorism law 35
- Anuak 2
- Appeal / Right to appeal 11
- Arabs 42
- Arará 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 4,570
- Armed attacks on camps 23
- Armed forces / Military 861
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1,679
- Armenian 25
- Ashaninka 1
- Ashkaelian 7
- Assamese 1
- Assemblies of God 233
- Assyrians 22
- Asylum policy 249
- Asylum-migration nexus 16
- Asylum-seekers 1,206
- Awá 2
- Aymara 3
- Azeri 19
- Baganda 1
- Baha'i 1,176
- Bail 11
- Bajuni 1
- Bakongo 1
- Baluchis 27
- Bantu 7
- Banyamulenge 1
- Baptist 785
- Barabaig 2
- Basarwa 7
- Basongora 1
- Basques 12
- Batak 1
- Batwa 32
- Bedoon 30
- Bellah 1
- Benadiri 2
- Bengalis 6
- Berber 16
- Bihari 4
- Blood feuds 2
- Bodos 1
- Border conflict 81
- Border controls 116
- Border crossers 10
- Bosnian 4
- Buddhist 895
- Burakumin 5
- Burden of proof 1
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 5
- Cabinda 11
- Caferis 1
- Calvinist 33
- Capacity building of state institutions 14
- Caribs 4
- Carrier sanctions 2
- Catholic 2,030
- Ceasefire 43
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chaldean 52
- Cham 7
- Chechen 33
- Child labour 3,652
- Child prostitution 2,018
- Child soldiers 1,063
- Children's rights 6,059
- Children-at-risk 3,173
- Chin 7
- Chinese 14
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 15
- Christian 2,199
- Christian Scientist 19
- Circassians 3
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 357
- Civil war 35
- Civilian character of asylum 11
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 32
- Combatants / Former combatants 56
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 384
- Community development 4
- Complementary forms of protection 2
- Conflict resolution 42
- Conflict situation 138
- Confucianist 99
- Congregationalist 76
- Contemporary forms of slavery 124
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 8
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Copts 133
- Corruption 2,256
- Country of origin information (COI) 2
- Coup d'état 93
- Creoles 2
- Crime prevention 4
- Crimean Tatars 18
- Crimes against humanity 84
- Criminal justice 1,750
- Croats 3
- Dalit 39
- Darfuri 4
- Dayaks 2
- Death in custody 206
- Death penalty 975
- Death squads 22
- Demobilization / Disarmament 134
- Democracy 858
- Denial of nationality 11
- Denial of refugee status 6
- Deportation / Forcible return 293
- Dinka 12
- Dioula 1
- Disappeared persons 3,511
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 4,160
- Domestic violence 719
- Drug trafficking 288
- Druze 58
- EU Qualification Directive 15
- East Caprivians 9
- Economic, social and cultural rights 2,608
- Effective protection 210
- Effective remedy 209
- Egyptians 11
- Election law 6
- Elections 3,100
- Embargo 25
- Embera 1
- Emigrants 61
- Endorois 2
- Enxet 1
- Episcopalian 135
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 303
- Eritreans 3
- Ethiopians 4
- Ethnic cleansing 11
- Evacuation 7
- Evangelical 835
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 7
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 66
- Expedited procedures 1
- Expulsion 70
- Extended definition 1
- Extradition 36
- Extrajudicial executions 3,770
- Extreme poverty 131
- False documents 12
- Falun Gong 73
- Family reunification 62
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 257
- Filipinos 1
- Finno-Ugric 2
- Flight by land, air or sea 14
- Forced labour 5,448
- Forced marriage 359
- Forced relocation 89
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 19
- Foreign occupation 60
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 4,190
- Freedom of assembly and association 7,083
- Freedom of conscience 302
- Freedom of expression 15,110
- Freedom of information 5,663
- Freedom of movement 3,571
- Freedom of religion 8,730
- Freedom of speech 3,706
- Fulani 5
- Gaboye 3
- Gang related violence 54
- Garinagu 6
- Gender discrimination 3,924
- Gender mainstreaming 13
- Gender-based persecution 207
- Generalized violence 135
- Genocide 47
- Germans 2
- Good governance 412
- Good offices 1
- Greeks 2
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 21
- Group / Prima facie determination 46
- Guaraní / Mbyá 4
- Guaymi 1
- Gujaratis 3
- HIV and AIDS 490
- Habeas corpus 3
- Hadza 1
- Haitians 24
- Han 3
- Haratin 6
- Hare Krishna 217
- Harmful traditional practices 50
- Hazara 16
- Himba 3
- Hindu 849
- Hispanic 1
- Hmong 90
- Honour killings 59
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 881
- Huang Jiao 6
- Hui 2
- Human Rights Council 48
- Human rights activists 1,719
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 5,868
- Human rights courts 153
- Human rights law 10
- Human rights monitors 1,018
- Humanitarian assistance 239
- Hungarians 4
- Hutus 15
- IDP camps 33
- Ibo 1
- Igorots 1
- Ijaw 2
- Illegal entry 41
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 166
- Illegitimate children 2
- Immigrants 98
- Immigration Detention 503
- Immigration control after entry 5
- Immigration law 6
- Immunity 10
- Impunity 1,797
- Income-generating projects 5
- Independence of judiciary 1,278
- Indians 2
- Indigenous persons 1,017
- Ingush 4
- Integration 57
- Internal armed conflict 534
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1,236
- International armed conflict 28
- International courts and tribunals 263
- International criminal law 4
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 350
- International protection 591
- Inuit 2
- Involuntary repatriation 20
- Iranians 1
- Ismaili 60
- Jain 35
- Japanese 1
- Jehovah's Witness 1,144
- Jew 1,348
- Jurisdiction 2
- Juvenile justice system 62
- Kachin 12
- Kalenjin 1
- Karachay 1
- Karakalpaks 4
- Karamojong 7
- Karen 25
- Kasaians 1
- Kashmiris 28
- Kayapó 1
- Kazakhs 12
- Khmer 8
- Khmer Krom 4
- Khmer Leou 1
- Kikuyu 6
- Kisii 1
- Koreans 12
- Kosovar 83
- Kuchi 4
- Kunama 2
- Kurd 153
- Labour law 3
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 67
- Lao Theung 1
- Laws relating to religion 7
- Laz 2
- Legal representation / Legal aid 52
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1,380
- Lezgin 1
- Lhotshampas 3
- Livelihoods 32
- Location of camps 8
- Luba 1
- Luo 3
- Lutheran 512
- Maasai 8
- Macedonians 2
- Madhesis 4
- Madhiban 7
- Malays 3
- Malinke / Mandingo 2
- Mandate status 1
- Maori 17
- Mapuche 13
- Maronite 94
- Mass exodus 6
- Maternal and child health care 89
- Mayans 14
- Mbororo 6
- Melanesians 2
- Mennonite 124
- Mental health 41
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 43
- Mercenaries 4
- Meskhetians 7
- Messianic Jews 38
- Methodist 562
- Midgan 2
- Migrant rights 377
- Migrants 991
- Military courts 79
- Military law 11
- Military operations 158
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 918
- Minorities 2,641
- Minority rights 473
- Mohajirs 1
- Mon 3
- Mongols 5
- Montagnards 23
- Moravian 55
- Mormon 870
- Moros 5
- Multiple nationality 11
- Muslim 2,347
- Nagas 4
- National security / Public order 158
- Naturalization 22
- Ndebele 7
- Nepalis 2
- New Life Church 3
- Nomads 35
- Non-refoulement 9
- Non-self-governing territories 13
- Non-state agents of persecution 15
- Nuba 13
- Nuer 8
- Ogaden 1
- Older persons 11
- One-child policy / Family planning 6
- Opposition 757
- Orang Asli 5
- Oromo 13
- Orthodox Christian 894
- Ossetians (South) 23
- Palestinian 109
- Pamiris 1
- Papuans 18
- Pashtun 7
- Passports 29
- Pastoralists 35
- Peace agreements 79
- Peace process 116
- Peacekeeping 97
- Pentecostal 700
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
- Persecution based on nationality 177
- Persecution based on political opinion 1,101
- Persecution of family members 44
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 912
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 126
- Persons with disabilities 1,536
- Piracy 14
- Poles 3
- Police 2,362
- Political asylum 1
- Political groups 44
- Political parties 641
- Political situation 276
- Polygamy 15
- Polynesians 2
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
- Pre-entry procedures 1
- Pre-trial detention 843
- Presbyterian 356
- Prevention of discrimination 122
- Prison or detention conditions 2,695
- Prisoners of war 11
- Property restitution 228
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1,475
- Protection of camps 3
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 259
- Protestant 1,475
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 429
- Public health 382
- Punjabis 1
- Quan Yin 2
- Quechua 3
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 215
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 68
- Rapanui 1
- Rastafarian 176
- Ratification 1
- Re-entry 2
- Readmission 1
- Reception 10
- Reconciliation 112
- Referendum 109
- Refoulement 95
- Refugee / Asylum law 10
- Refugee camps 159
- Refugee identity documents 116
- Refugee seamen 2
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 106
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 61
- Refugees 2,457
- Registration 148
- Reintegration 58
- Rejected asylum-seekers 78
- Rejection at border 24
- Religious discrimination 4,682
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 2,328
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 48
- Reservation 12
- Resettlement 83
- Residence permits / Residency 89
- Return conditions 13
- Returnees 105
- Right to a nationality 9
- Right to development 14
- Right to education 893
- Right to employment 1,053
- Right to family life 15
- Right to food 88
- Right to health 132
- Right to justice 175
- Right to liberty and security 8
- Right to life 61
- Right to registration at birth 192
- Right to return 12
- Right to seek asylum 7
- Right to self-determination 634
- Rights of non-citizens 68
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 76
- Roma 486
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1,794
- Russians 16
- Ryukyuans 1
- SGBV 4,523
- Sabean Mandean 23
- Safe country of origin 38
- Safe third country 9
- Saharawis 46
- Salafi 65
- Sale of children 68
- Samaritans 3
- Sami 89
- San Bushmen 31
- Sanctions 42
- Sandzak 1
- Scientologist 155
- Secondary movement 1
- Security forces 1,870
- Security situation 476
- Serb 46
- Serious non-political crime 78
- Seventh Day Adventist 839
- Sexual and reproductive rights 427
- Shabak 7
- Shamanism 28
- Shan 11
- Sharia law 27
- Shia 614
- Shinto 43
- Sikh 282
- Sindhis 1
- Single heads of household 2
- Sinhalese 7
- Slavs 1
- Slovaks 1
- Small arms 18
- Smuggling of persons 244
- Social group discrimination 2,601
- Social group persecution 6
- Somalis 17
- Spontaneous return 3
- State of emergency 127
- State protection 4
- Statelessness 292
- Sufi 185
- Sunni 883
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 552
- Tajik 15
- Talysh 3
- Tamil 38
- Taoist 138
- Tatars 21
- Temporary admission 4
- Temporary protection 88
- Territorial asylum 1
- Terrorism 2,548
- Threats / Intimidation 701
- Tibetan 123
- Tien Do 1
- Tigreans 2
- Toba 1
- Torres Strait Islanders 4
- Torture 1,599
- Trafficking in persons 7,709
- Transit 2
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 312
- Travel documents 48
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 20
- Tuareg 16
- Turkmen 11
- Turks 16
- Tutsis 16
- Tuvinians 1
- UNHCR mandate 5
- Uighur 86
- Ukrainians 1
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 111
- Unification Church 128
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 10
- Unlawful departure 1
- Urban refugees 53
- Uzbek 41
- Vietnamese 5
- Visas 68
- Voluntary repatriation 62
- War crimes 219
- Wayeyi 4
- Wayuú 1
- Well-founded fear of persecution 1
- Widowed persons 1
- Witchcraft 34
- Withdrawal of nationality 28
- Witnesses 110
- Women's rights 4,650
- Women-at-risk 2,531
- Work permits 95
- Xhosa 1
- Yanomami 1
- Yazīdī 54
- Zanzibaris 14
- Zomi (Chin) 3
- Zoroastrian 129
- Zulus 5
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