South Africa

• Amnesty International 39
• Article 19 3
• Asylum Aid 14
• Committee to Protect Journalists 10
• Human Rights Watch 24
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 3
• International Federation for Human Rights 7
• IRIN 132
• Jamestown Foundation 2
• Radio Free Asia 2
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1
• Reporters Without Borders 10
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 7
• UN News Service 20

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• Access to procedures 1
• Albinism/Persons with Albinism 3
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• Apartheid 1
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• Asylum-seekers 39
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• Children's rights 10
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• Extreme poverty 2
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 2
• Forced labour 1
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• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 8
• Freedom of assembly and association 5
• Freedom of expression 29
• Freedom of information 12
• Freedom of speech 11
• Gang related violence 1
• Gender discrimination 4
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Genocide 1
• Good governance 14
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• Harmful traditional practices 2
• Honour killings 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 5
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• Independence of judiciary 1
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• Migrants 32
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• Peace agreements 1
• Peacekeeping 7
• Persecution based on nationality 4
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• Persons not in need of international protection 1
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• Political situation 13
• Prison or detention conditions 2
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• Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 15
• Reception 1
• Refugee / Asylum law 3
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• Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
• Refugees 52
• Reintegration 2
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• Residence permits / Residency 1
• Return conditions 1
• Returnees 5
• Right to a nationality 1
• Right to education 3
• Right to employment 1
• Right to family life 1
• Right to health 10
• Right to justice 5
• Right to life 3
• Right to seek asylum 2
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 6
• Rwandans 1
• SGBV 19
• Sale of children 1
• Security forces 6
• Security situation 26
• Sexual and reproductive rights 1
• Small arms 1
• Social group discrimination 10
• Social group persecution 1
• Somalis 7
• State protection 1
• Statelessness 2
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
• Temporary protection 1
• Terrorism 1
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• Torture 1
• Trafficking in persons 15
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• Urban refugees 1
• Voluntary repatriation 3
• War crimes 4
• Well-founded fear of persecution 1
• Women's rights 22
• Women-at-risk 3
• Work permits 1
• Zulus 1

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• Amnesty International - South Africa
• Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA)
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - South Africa
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - South Africa
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - South Africa
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Pretoria
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - South Africa
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - South Africa
• ReliefWeb - South Africa
• UNHCR - South Africa
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - South Africa
• United States Department of State - South Africa
• World Health Organization (WHO) - South Africa