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- Abduction 2,142
- Abkhazians 167
- Aborigine 30
- Abuse of psychiatry 161
- Access to procedures 893
- Access to water 541
- Accession 7
- Acehnese 23
- Acholi 16
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 30
- Acts of persecution 48
- Adivasis 22
- Administrative courts 101
- Administrative law 133
- Admission quotas 20
- Adoption 143
- Adygey 2
- Afars 44
- Africans 135
- Afro-Colombians 25
- Age discrimination 33
- Agents of persecution 31
- Ahmadis 461
- Ahwazi 30
- Aimaq 2
- Ainu 10
- Airports 472
- Ajarians 5
- Aka 4
- Akan 18
- Akhdam 1
- Alawi 108
- Albanians 87
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 190
- Alevis 59
- Aliens 229
- Altai 1
- Amazonian Indians 24
- Amhara 55
- Amish 1
- Andaman Islanders 3
- Anglican 662
- Animist 501
- Anti-terrorism law 406
- Anuak 10
- Aostans 1
- Apartheid 273
- Appeal / Right to appeal 539
- Arabs 286
- Arará 2
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 9,476
- Arhuaco 1
- Armed attacks on camps 201
- Armed forces / Military 5,071
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 9,693
- Armenian 264
- Arrival 104
- Ashaninka 3
- Ashanti 32
- Ashkaelian 37
- Ashraf 9
- Assamese 9
- Assemblies of God 237
- Assyrians 68
- Asylum policy 872
- Asylum-migration nexus 457
- Asylum-seekers 3,758
- Atheist / Agnostic 22
- Avars 19
- Awá 7
- Aymara 6
- Ayoreo 2
- Azeri 126
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- Baganda 8
- Baha'i 1,322
- Bail 115
- Bajuni 23
- Bakhtiari 4
- Bakongo 31
- Balkars 10
- Baluchis 112
- Bamileke 7
- Bantu 30
- Banyamulenge 13
- Banyarwanda 12
- Baptist 1,226
- Barabaig 4
- Bari 2
- Basarwa 11
- Bashkirs 9
- Basongora 2
- Basques 29
- Basters 3
- Batak 2
- Batwa 50
- Bedoon 139
- Beja 6
- Belarusians 16
- Bellah 2
- Bemba 11
- Benadiri 18
- Benefit of the doubt 14
- Bengalis 27
- Berber 74
- Berti 4
- Bihari 47
- Blood feuds 88
- Bodos 5
- Border conflict 1,224
- Border controls 628
- Border crossers 343
- Bosnian 58
- Bouganvilleans 3
- Bubi 1
- Buddhist 1,268
- Bulgarians 28
- Burakumin 7
- Burden of proof 155
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 366
- Buryat 8
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- Cabinda 37
- Caferis 3
- Calvinist 33
- Camp management 84
- Cancellation 8
- Capacity building of state institutions 186
- Caribs 9
- Carrier sanctions 17
- Catholic 2,524
- Ceasefire 1,030
- Celts 5
- Cessation clauses 141
- Chakma 6
- Chaldean 78
- Cham 12
- Changes of circumstances in home country 172
- Chechen 650
- Cherkess 3
- Child labour 4,042
- Child prostitution 2,385
- Child soldiers 1,942
- Children's rights 9,947
- Children-at-risk 5,916
- Chin 44
- Chinese 119
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 60
- Christian 3,970
- Christian Scientist 19
- Chukchi 2
- Chuvash 8
- Circassians 131
- Citizenship / Nationality law 926
- Civil and political rights 1,653
- Civil rights legislation 57
- Civil war 910
- Civilian character of asylum 41
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 234
- Combatants / Former combatants 571
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 1,536
- Community development 71
- Complementary forms of protection 359
- Confidentiality 26
- Conflict prevention 247
- Conflict resolution 1,814
- Conflict situation 3,011
- Confucianist 101
- Congregationalist 77
- Constitutional law 528
- Contemporary forms of slavery 351
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 406
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 421
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 109
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 536
- Convention Plus 42
- Convention refugee 134
- Copts 258
- Corruption 3,773
- Corsicans 4
- Cossacks 55
- Country of origin information (COI) 1,299
- Coup d'état 716
- Credibility assessment 981
- Creoles 11
- Crime prevention 251
- Crimean Tatars 140
- Crimes against humanity 1,187
- Crimes against peace 27
- Criminal justice 6,189
- Croats 43
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 14
- Customary law 36
- Czechs 27
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- Dalit 68
- Danes 4
- Darfuri 33
- Dargins 8
- Darod 52
- Dayaks 7
- Death in custody 623
- Death penalty 2,904
- Death squads 136
- Decision on admissibility 124
- Demobilization / Disarmament 772
- Democracy 1,475
- Denial of nationality 88
- Denial of refugee status 520
- Deportation / Forcible return 3,173
- Dera Sacha Sauda 5
- Derivative status 31
- Dinka 36
- Diolas 8
- Dioula 9
- Diplomatic assurances 51
- Diplomatic asylum 11
- Diplomatic protection 9
- Disappeared persons 5,268
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 8,573
- Dolgan 1
- Domestic violence 2,040
- Drug trafficking 913
- Druze 100
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- East Caprivians 12
- Economic, social and cultural rights 4,502
- Effective protection 490
- Effective remedy 1,767
- Egyptians 41
- Election law 130
- Elections 7,526
- Embargo 291
- Embera 4
- Emergency legislation 70
- Emigrants 196
- Endorois 9
- Entry / Exit 307
- Entry into force 2
- Enxet 4
- Episcopalian 137
- Equal opportunities 198
- Equality before the law 471
- Eritreans 84
- Ethiopians 64
- Ethnic cleansing 192
- EU Qualification Directive 182
- Evacuation 95
- Evangelical 957
- Evenk 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1,073
- Ewe 19
- Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 56
- Exclusion clauses 293
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 93
- Exiles 348
- Expedited procedures 45
- Expulsion 790
- Extended definition 21
- Extradition 636
- Extrajudicial executions 5,922
- Extreme poverty 558
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- False documents 259
- Falun Gong 330
- Family law 146
- Family reunification 403
- Faroese 1
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 838
- Fijians 31
- Filipinos 35
- Finno-Ugric 12
- Flight by land, air or sea 172
- Forced labour 5,863
- Forced marriage 870
- Forced relocation 143
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 191
- Foreign occupation 1,054
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 10,262
- Freedom of assembly and association 11,080
- Freedom of conscience 893
- Freedom of expression 33,094
- Freedom of information 16,707
- Freedom of movement 5,252
- Freedom of religion 13,116
- Freedom of speech 12,564
- French 5
- Fresh / New claim 73
- Frisians 9
- Friulians 1
- Fulani 53
- Fur 11
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- Ga 1
- Gaboye 13
- Gagauz 21
- Galicians 1
- Gang related violence 269
- Garinagu 10
- Gender discrimination 5,450
- Gender mainstreaming 225
- Gender-based persecution 789
- Generalized violence 264
- Genocide 696
- Germans 44
- Gio 2
- Global Consultations on international protection 120
- Good governance 2,742
- Good offices 66
- Greeks 25
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 138
- Grounds for persecution 131
- Group / Prima facie determination 54
- Guambiano 1
- Guaraní / Mbyá 7
- Guaymi 2
- Gujaratis 10
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- Habeas corpus 126
- Habitual residence 52
- Hadza 3
- Haitians 102
- Han 30
- Haratin 9
- Hare Krishna 290
- Harmful traditional practices 419
- Hazara 145
- Hema 5
- High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges 36
- High Commissioner's Forum 33
- Hijacking 35
- Himba 5
- Hindu 1,180
- Hispanic 1
- HIV and AIDS 1,390
- Hmong 175
- Honamese 2
- Honour killings 300
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 3,032
- Huang Jiao 7
- Huaorani 1
- Hui 15
- Human rights activists 6,638
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 16,352
- Human Rights Council 2,100
- Human rights courts 294
- Human rights law 197
- Human rights monitors 2,040
- Humanitarian assistance 4,544
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 34
- Hungarians 67
- Hutus 170
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- Iban 2
- Ibo 23
- IDP camps 968
- Igorots 4
- Ijaw 30
- Iko 1
- Illegal entry 299
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 613
- Illegitimate children 40
- Ilois 1
- Immigrants 539
- Immigration control after entry 56
- Immigration Detention 1,563
- Immigration law 904
- Immunity 162
- Impunity 4,040
- Inclusion clauses 9
- Income-generating projects 10
- Independence of judiciary 2,193
- Indians 46
- Indigenous persons 1,962
- Ingush 133
- Integration 578
- Internal armed conflict 5,547
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 765
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 8,850
- International armed conflict 623
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 48
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 245
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 87
- International courts and tribunals 1,232
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 361
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 341
- International criminal law 283
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1,120
- International protection 1,260
- Inuit 7
- Involuntary repatriation 129
- Iranians 84
- Ismaili 67
- Issaq 32
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- Jain 41
- Japanese 22
- Jehovah's Witness 1,711
- Jew 1,878
- Jurisdiction 151
- Juvenile justice system 225
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- Kabards 14
- Kabre 2
- Kachin 182
- Kadazans 2
- Kalenjin 15
- Kalmyks 3
- Kankuamo 1
- Karachay 18
- Karakalpaks 5
- Karamojong 11
- Karelians 1
- Karelians 5
- Karen 97
- Kariña 1
- Kasaians 3
- Kashmiris 112
- Kayapó 2
- Kazakhs 43
- Kewri 2
- Khakass 10
- Khants 1
- Khmer 29
- Khmer Krom 10
- Khmer Leou 2
- Kikuyu 41
- Kirdi 2
- Kisii 11
- Komi 10
- Komi-Permyaks 1
- Konkomba 10
- Korani 1
- Koreans 69
- Koryaks 1
- Kosovar 336
- Krou 3
- Kuchi 16
- Kumyks 11
- Kuna 2
- Kunama 9
- Kurd 1,528
- Kusasi 3
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- Labour law 119
- Ladins 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 501
- Lao Sung 1
- Lao Tai 1
- Lao Theung 2
- Lari 17
- Law of the sea 94
- Laws relating to religion 275
- Laz 6
- Legal representation / Legal aid 586
- Lendu 5
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 3,645
- Lezgin 17
- Lhotshampas 5
- Limba 3
- Livelihoods 523
- Location of camps 542
- Lorosae 1
- Luba 21
- Luhya 3
- Lunda, Yeke 3
- Luo 18
- Lutheran 525
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- M'boshi 3
- Maasai 14
- Macedonians 44
- Madhesis 6
- Madhiban 35
- Magyars 5
- Makuxi 1
- Malays 24
- Malinke / Mandingo 18
- Mandate status 44
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 119
- Mansi 1
- Maori 22
- Mapuche 32
- Mari 1
- Maronite 110
- Maskoy 1
- Mass exodus 147
- Massaleit 9
- Maternal and child health care 487
- Mayans 28
- Mbororo 8
- Medical screening 32
- Melanesians 7
- Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 11
- Mende 7
- Mennonite 131
- Mental harm 3
- Mental health 569
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 154
- Mercenaries 154
- Merina 4
- Meskhetians 25
- Messianic Jews 64
- Methodist 584
- Micronesians 1
- Midgan 18
- Migrant rights 1,093
- Migrants 3,386
- Military courts 518
- Military law 193
- Military operations 2,512
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3,311
- Minorities 5,766
- Minority rights 1,388
- Mizos 3
- Mohajirs 72
- Moluccans 1
- Mon 35
- Mongols 82
- Montagnards 72
- Montenegrin 15
- Moor 1
- Moravian 55
- Mordovans 1
- Mormon 894
- Moros 8
- Mossi-Dagomba 7
- Multiple nationality 183
- Murut 2
- Muslim 5,420
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- Nagas 10
- Nambiquara 1
- National security / Public order 627
- Naturalization 286
- Ndebele 20
- Nenets 1
- Nepalis 22
- New Life Church 5
- Ngbandi 9
- Nogai 7
- Nomads 116
- Non-refoulement 625
- Non-self-governing territories 200
- Non-state agents of persecution 956
- Nuba 41
- Nuer 34
- Nukak 1
- Nuristanis 5
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- Occitans 2
- Ogaden 3
- Older persons 271
- One-child policy / Family planning 144
- Opposition 4,961
- Orang Asli 9
- Orderly return 51
- Oromo 102
- Orthodox Christian 1,229
- Ossetians (South) 153
- Ovimbundu 7
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- Paez 2
- Palestinian 1,435
- Pamiris 3
- Panjshiris 3
- Papuans 52
- Pashtun 87
- Passports 662
- Pastoralists 54
- Peace agreements 1,246
- Peace process 2,037
- Peacekeeping 2,859
- Pemón 1
- Pentecostal 794
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 401
- Persecution based on nationality 244
- Persecution based on political opinion 5,517
- Persecution of family members 554
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2,050
- Persons not in need of international protection 123
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 356
- Persons with disabilities 2,383
- Physical harm 18
- Piracy 112
- Poles 45
- Police 5,409
- Political asylum 304
- Political groups 1,774
- Political parties 4,472
- Political situation 10,003
- Polygamy 89
- Polynesians 8
- Pomaks 8
- Population transfers 35
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 99
- Pre-entry procedures 45
- Pre-trial detention 1,552
- Presbyterian 392
- Prevention of discrimination 477
- Prison or detention conditions 5,680
- Prisoners of war 126
- Proof of nationality 108
- Property restitution 388
- Prosecution vs persecution 378
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1,789
- Protection of camps 59
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 2,527
- Protestant 1,916
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2,858
- Public health 1,753
- Punjabis 33
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- Racial / Ethnic persecution 3,275
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 427
- Raizals 2
- Rapanui 2
- Rastafarian 180
- Ratification 10
- Re-entry 24
- Readmission 28
- Reception 482
- Reconciliation 801
- Referendum 491
- Refoulement 524
- Refugee / Asylum law 1,031
- Refugee camps 1,517
- Refugee identity documents 261
- Refugee seamen 289
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 736
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 157
- Refugees 10,346
- Refugees sur place 31
- Regional instruments 377
- Registration 454
- Reintegration 304
- Rejected asylum-seekers 564
- Rejection at border 97
- Religious discrimination 7,012
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 4,287
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 295
- Reservation 16
- Resettlement 949
- Residence permits / Residency 1,348
- Return conditions 640
- Returnees 1,566
- Right to a nationality 1,032
- Right to development 165
- Right to education 2,586
- Right to employment 1,929
- Right to family life 736
- Right to food 786
- Right to health 1,109
- Right to justice 1,028
- Right to leave 177
- Right to liberty and security 523
- Right to life 771
- Right to registration at birth 460
- Right to return 369
- Right to seek asylum 242
- Right to self-determination 1,244
- Rights of non-citizens 402
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 521
- Roma 1,515
- Romanians 36
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 4,907
- Russians 355
- Rwandans 17
- Ryukyuans 3
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- Sabean Mandean 55
- Sabians 6
- Safe country of origin 166
- Safe third country 404
- Saharawis 101
- Salafi 243
- Sale of children 288
- Samaritans 4
- Sami 206
- Samoan 1
- San Bushmen 43
- Sanctions 734
- Sandzak 9
- Sardinians 3
- Scientologist 160
- Secondary movement 176
- Security forces 5,139
- Security situation 10,948
- Senoufo 1
- Serb 290
- Serious non-political crime 214
- Seventh Day Adventist 926
- Sexual and reproductive rights 800
- SGBV 8,387
- Shabak 51
- Shamanism 42
- Shan 100
- Sharia law 198
- Sheikhal 2
- Shia 1,471
- Shinto 43
- Shuar 1
- Signatories and Parties 5
- Sikh 699
- Sindhis 16
- Single heads of household 82
- Single procedure 101
- Sinhalese 94
- Slavs 44
- Slovaks 15
- Slovenes 8
- Small arms 191
- Smuggling of persons 549
- Social group discrimination 3,075
- Social group persecution 1,033
- Solomon Islanders 1
- Somalis 414
- Sorbs 1
- Soyot 1
- Spontaneous return 60
- Standard of proof 125
- State of emergency 441
- State protection 1,653
- Statelessness 1,400
- Statelessness Determination Procedures 46
- Stowaways 27
- Sufi 297
- Sunni 1,607
- Sur place persecution 78
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 885
- Suspensive effect 36
- Susu 2
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- Tajik 100
- Talysh 9
- Tamil 883
- Taoist 148
- Tatars 322
- Temne 5
- Temporary admission 90
- Temporary protection 210
- Territorial asylum 64
- Terrorism 9,461
- Threats / Intimidation 971
- Tibetan 1,233
- Tien Do 2
- Tigreans 18
- Tikuna 1
- Tiv 4
- Toba 2
- Torres Strait Islanders 9
- Torture 2,584
- Trafficking in persons 9,420
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 73
- Transit 65
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 777
- Travel documents 294
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 727
- Tripuras 2
- Tuareg 145
- Tukano 2
- Tuni Torre 1
- Turkmen 125
- Turks 54
- Tutsis 283
- Tuvinians 4
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- U'wa 1
- Udmurts 2
- Uighur 915
- Ukrainians 70
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 903
- UNHCR mandate 91
- Unification Church 129
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1,850
- Unlawful departure 156
- Urban refugees 197
- Urueu-Wau-Wau 2
- Uzbek 290
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- Veddhas 2
- Vietnamese 19
- Visas 1,497
- Vlachs 7
- Voluntary repatriation 834
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- Wapixana 2
- War crimes 1,423
- Warao 2
- Wayeyi 5
- Wayuú 5
- Well-founded fear of persecution 451
- Wichi / Mataco 1
- Widowed persons 68
- Witchcraft 70
- Withdrawal of nationality 91
- Witnesses 500
- Women's rights 8,128
- Women-at-risk 4,508
- Work permits 374
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- Xhosa 3
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- Zanzibaris 19
- Zapotecs 3
- Zarma 1
- Zomi (Chin) 5
- Zoroastrian 203
- Zulus 14
- Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) 47,934
- Administration of justice 23,010
- Age, gender and diversity 52,370
- Asylum 1,292
- Asylum-migration nexus 15,955
- Burden / standard of proof 4,147
- Camps 3,371
- Comprehensive solutions 5,611
- Entry, admission and reception 3,737
- Flight 809
- Human rights 216,706
- Immigration law 13,209
- International crimes 17,147
- International humanitarian law (IHL) 26,021
- International law 9,914
- Medical and health 4,330
- National law 4,226
- Nationality and statelessness 3,180
- Persons of concern 25,516
- Political and security situation 92,681
- Population groups 19,806
- Protection 5,100
- Religious groups 38,008
