Burkina Faso

• Amnesty International 20
• Child Soldiers International 3
• Committee to Protect Journalists 12
• Freedom House 36
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 5
• International Federation for Human Rights 2
• International Trade Union Confederation 7
• Minority Rights Group International 1
• Reporters Without Borders 5
• UN Development Programme (UNDP) 1
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 1
• UN World Food Programme 1
• United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 4
• United States Department of Labor 15
• United States Department of State 67

• Abduction 1
• Access to procedures 1
• Airports 1
• Animist 7
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 25
• Armed forces / Military 6
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 4
• Asylum policy 1
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Border conflict 1
• Border controls 1
• Catholic 11
• Child labour 29
• Child prostitution 13
• Child soldiers 3
• Children's rights 34
• Children-at-risk 16
• Christian 11
• Civil and political rights 1
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Conflict situation 1
• Corruption 11
• Coup d'état 5
• Criminal justice 6
• Death in custody 2
• Death penalty 6
• Democracy 3
• Disappeared persons 16
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 17
• Domestic violence 2
• Drug trafficking 1
• Economic, social and cultural rights 14
• Effective protection 1
• Effective remedy 1
• Elections 14
• Equality before the law 2
• Extrajudicial executions 16
• Extreme poverty 1
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 8
• Forced labour 35
• Forced marriage 6
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 18
• Freedom of assembly and association 33
• Freedom of conscience 2
• Freedom of expression 57
• Freedom of information 19
• Freedom of movement 15
• Freedom of religion 40
• Freedom of speech 16
• Gender discrimination 22
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Generalized violence 1
• Good governance 2
• HIV and AIDS 3
• Harmful traditional practices 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2
• Human rights activists 4
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 27
• Human rights monitors 3
• Humanitarian assistance 2
• Immigration Detention 1
• Impunity 10
• Independence of judiciary 7
• Internal armed conflict 1
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
• International protection 3
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 7
• Livelihoods 1
• Maternal and child health care 5
• Mental health 1
• Military courts 2
• Military law 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 2
• Minorities 8
• Muslim 11
• Nomads 1
• Older persons 1
• Opposition 2
• Peace agreements 1
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 3
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2
• Persons with disabilities 14
• Police 14
• Political parties 2
• Pre-trial detention 1
• Prison or detention conditions 14
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
• Protestant 11
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 6
• Public health 1
• Reconciliation 1
• Refugees 8
• Religious discrimination 20
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
• Right to development 1
• Right to education 3
• Right to employment 5
• Right to food 2
• Right to health 6
• Right to registration at birth 1
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 8
• SGBV 20
• Security forces 11
• Sexual and reproductive rights 4
• Shia 2
• Small arms 1
• Social group discrimination 13
• State of emergency 1
• Sunni 10
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
• Terrorism 9
• Threats / Intimidation 2
• Torture 4
• Trafficking in persons 48
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
• Witchcraft 1
• Women's rights 25
• Women-at-risk 13

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• Amnesty International - Burkina Faso
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Burkina Faso
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Burkina Faso
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Côte d'Ivoire
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Burkina Faso
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Burkina Faso
• ReliefWeb - Burkina Faso
• UNHCR - Burkina Faso
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Burkina Faso
• United States Department of State - Burkina Faso
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Burkina Faso
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Burkina Faso