Country Information
The country information collection consists of a wide variety of sources selected from UN, NGOs, Governments, International Organisations and others monitoring and reporting on country situations. Country information is vital for the refugee status determination procedure, as it assists the decision maker on issues of credibility and the objective situation in a country of origin in relation to an individual's claim. The majority of the documents in the collection cover the human rights situation in a particular country of origin. The source selection takes into account global coverage, relevance and proven reliability, objectivity and timeliness.
- 28 Too Many 39
- Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) 45
- Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) 170
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 29
- African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) 6
- African Union 9
- Amnesty International 12,004
- Arabic/Islamic - Miscellaneous 1
- Argentina: Cámara Nacional Electoral 1
- Armenia: Administrative Court of Appeals 1
- Article 19 1,568
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2
- Asylum Access 6
- Asylum Aid 162
- Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) 26
- Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal 101
- Australia: Department of Immigration and Citizenship 1
- Australia: Immigration Review Tribunal 1
- Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal 1,409
- Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) 4
- Austria: Federal Ministry of the Interior 4
- Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) 85
- Belgium: Comité Belge d'Aide aux Réfugiés / Belgisch Comité voor Hulp aan Vluchtelingen / (CBAR-BCHV) 3
- Belgium: Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGVS/CGRA) 11
- British Red Cross 2
- Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement 58
- Burundi: Ministère de la Solidarité Nationale, du Rapatriement des Réfugiés de la Reconstruction Nationale, et de la Réintégration Sociale 1
- Canada: Federal Court of Appeal 2
- Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 41,766
- Canadian Council for Refugees 1
- Center for Gender & Refugee Studies 1
- Centre for Civil and Political Rights 5
- Child Soldiers International 585
- Committee to Protect Journalists 7,115
- Council of Europe 58
- Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights 215
- Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture 635
- Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers 47
- Council of Europe: European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) 178
- Council of Europe: European Commission on Human Rights 1
- Council of Europe: European Committee of Social Rights 8
- Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights 4
- Council of Europe: Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 103
- Council of Europe: Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) 2
- Council of Europe: Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) 7
- Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly 274
- Council of Europe: Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities 376
- Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI) 52
- Country of Return Information (CRI) Project 24
- Danish Refugee Council 13
- Denmark: Danish Immigration Service 80
- Dutch Council for Refugees 1
- Equal Rights Trust 37
- EurasiaNet 2,144
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) 21
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles 189
- European Migration Network (EMN) 23
- European Network on Statelessness 17
- European Union 8
- European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union 1
- European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights 26
- European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) 35
- European Union: European Commission 76
- European Union: European Parliament 12
- Forum 18 2,181
- France: Commission des Recours des Réfugiés (CRR) 2
- France: Cour nationale du droit d'asile 1
- France: Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA) 212
- Freedom from Torture 9
- Freedom House 7,506
- Geospatial Information Section 1
- Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum 338
- Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack 30
- Global Detention Project (GDP) 68
- Global Protection Cluster (GPC) 3
- Hague Conference on Private International Law 2
- HelpAge International 24
- Human Rights Watch 8,848
- Humanitarian Issues Working Group 2
- Humanitarian Practice Network 1
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee 17
- Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) 6
- Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA) 1
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting 3,143
- Inter-Agency 3
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee 5
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) 34
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) 2
- Inter-Parliamentary Union 14
- Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees 1
- International Bar Association: Human Rights Institute 6
- International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) 9
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) 116
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 961
- International Crisis Group (ICG) 1,476
- International Detention Coalition 3
- International Federation for Human Rights 2,844
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 16
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) 14
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) 407
- International Labour Organization (ILO) 5
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) 55
- International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) 19
- International Trade Union Confederation 1,110
- Ireland: Refugee Appeals Tribunal 1
- Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre 734
- IRIN 5,609
- Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) 1
- Jamestown Foundation 3,348
- Jesuit Refugee Service 20
- Middle-East and North Africa - Miscellaneous 1
- Migrants Rights International 2
- Migration Policy Group (MPG) 85
- Migration Policy Institute 3
- Minorities at Risk Project 568
- Minority Rights Group International 1,748
- National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities 30
- National Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies 1
- Netherlands, The: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27
- Norway: Landinfo - Country of Origin Information Centre 76
- Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC) 818
- Open Society Foundations (OSF) 100
- Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration (ORAM) 10
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 10
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI) 83
- Pakistan: Supreme Court 1
- Papua New Guinea: Constitutional Court 1
- Peace Agreements & Related 1
- Quaker United Nations Office 4
- Radio Free Asia 6,689
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 19,643
- REDRESS 65
- Refugee Studies Centre 52
- Refugees International 309
- Reporters Without Borders 7,422
- Rift Valley Institute (RVI) 48
- Save the Children 13
- Separated Children in Europe Programme 1
- South Africa: High Court 1
- Sphere Project 1
- Still Human Still Here 36
- Sweden: Swedish Migration Agency 1
- Swiss Refugee Council 244
- Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) 111
- Söderköping/Cross-Border Cooperation Process 3
- The Border Consortium (TBC) 66
- Tilburg University - Statelessness Programme 2
- UN Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Stateless Persons 4
- UN Advance Mission In Sudan 1
- UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 136
- UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) 46
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 105
- UN Commission on Human Rights 480
- UN Commission on the Status of Women 8
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 575
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 611
- UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) 42
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 730
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 834
- UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) 108
- UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 105
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1,306
- UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 23
- UN Development Group (UNDG) 2
- UN Development Programme (UNDP) 33
- UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 4
- UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 117
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) 96
- UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) 7
- UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) 1
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 7
- UN General Assembly 484
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 5,613
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 750
- UN Human Rights Council 2,262
- UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) 92
- UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 3
- UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 3
- UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) 1
- UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) 41
- UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 12
- UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 52
- UN Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS) 8
- UN News Service 9,380
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 847
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 114
- UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children Affected by Armed Conflict 1
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 45
- UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire 1
- UN Peacebuilding Commission 4
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 2
- UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 25
- UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 15
- UN Secretary-General (UNSG) 55
- UN Security Council 2,365
- UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 12
- UN World Food Programme 111
- UN World Health Organization (WHO) 40
- United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 289
- United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) 1
- United Kingdom: Home Office 1,093
- United Kingdom: Parliament, House of Commons Library 11
- United Kingdom: Parliament, Joint Committee on Human Rights 1
- United Kingdom: Parliment, House of Commons All-Party Group 3
- United Nations 29
- United Nations International Human Rights Instruments 210
- United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services 319
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 383
- United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 1,320
- United States Congressional Research Service 712
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 2
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 1
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 2
- United States Department of Labor 2,000
- United States Department of State 12,572
- United States Library of Congress 57
- University of Padua. Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples 1
- Women's Refugee Commission 72
- World Organisation Against Torture 451
- WRITENET 170
- Annual Protection Reports 37
- Annual Reports 39,478
- Bilateral Treaties/Agreements 1
- Case Law 116
- Case Law Compilations/Analyses 1
- Chronologies of Events 372
- Commentaries 198
- Comments on Concluding Observations 144
- Comments on National Legislation 11
- Compilations 275
- Concluding Observations 1,615
- Conclusions on International Protection 2
- Conference Reports 31
- Country Briefing Folders 139
- Country News 78,147
- Country Operations Plans 459
- Country Profiles 606
- Country Reports 19,537
- Country/Situation Specific Position Papers 125
- Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae 1
- Decisions 8
- Fact Finding Reports 115
- General Comments/Recommendations 5
- Handbooks/Manuals 93
- Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries 19
- Maps 2,591
- Memoranda 8
- Mission Reports 612
- Multilateral Treaties/Agreements 2
- National Decrees, Circulars, Regulation, Policy Documents 10
- National Legislation 20
- Notes on International Protection 1
- Operational Guidelines 6
- Policy/Position Papers 16
- Presidential Statements 84
- Query Responses 43,855
- Regional Reports 383
- Research, Background and Discussion Papers 190
- Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 140
- Sessional Reports 320
- Speeches/Statements 647
- States Parties Reports 3,266
- Static Pages 1
- Statistics 9
- Thematic Guidelines 11
- Thematic Reports 312
- UNHCR Country Updates 775
- Afghanistan 6,333
- Albania 1,036
- Algeria 1,232
- American Samoa 8
- Andorra 121
- Angola 880
- Anguilla 18
- Antigua and Barbuda 148
- Argentina 968
- Armenia 1,830
- Aruba 28
- Australia 643
- Austria 461
- Azerbaijan 2,972
- Bahamas 180
- Bahrain 1,068
- Bangladesh 1,996
- Barbados 177
- Belarus 1,864
- Belgium 420
- Belize 215
- Benin 351
- Bermuda 16
- Bhutan 208
- Bolivia 563
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,243
- Botswana 249
- Brazil 964
- British Virgin Islands 23
- Brunei Darussalam 133
- Bulgaria 1,139
- Burkina Faso 553
- Burundi 1,471
- Cambodia 1,815
- Cameroon 1,105
- Canada 802
- Cape Verde 137
- Cayman Islands 10
- Central African Republic 1,576
- Chad 1,162
- Chile 822
- China 8,472
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands 8
- Colombia 1,950
- Comoros 208
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4,108
- Congo, Republic of the 638
- Cook Islands 32
- Costa Rica 560
- Croatia 901
- Cuba 1,030
- Cyprus 464
- Czech Republic 636
- Côte d'Ivoire 1,379
- Denmark 361
- Djibouti 613
- Dominica 136
- Dominican Republic 483
- Ecuador 714
- Egypt 2,842
- El Salvador 1,188
- Equatorial Guinea 314
- Eritrea 1,023
- Estonia 496
- Ethiopia 2,164
- Falkland Islands 20
- Fiji 353
- Finland 348
- France 931
- French Guiana 13
- French Polynesia 6
- Gabon 298
- Gambia 632
- Georgia 2,535
- Germany 843
- Ghana 1,408
- Gibraltar 13
- Greece 981
- Greenland 2
- Grenada 184
- Guadeloupe 10
- Guam 5
- Guatemala 1,206
- Guinea 895
- Guinea-Bissau 447
- Guyana 398
- Haiti 1,007
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 41
- Honduras 1,128
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 576
- Hungary 937
- Iceland 185
- India 2,858
- Indonesia 1,232
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 5,694
- Iraq 6,059
- Ireland 313
- Israel 2,665
- Italy 775
- Jamaica 435
- Japan 431
- Jordan 1,154
- Kazakhstan 2,410
- Kenya 2,032
- Kiribati 122
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1,011
- Korea, Republic of 583
- Kuwait 622
- Kyrgyzstan 2,431
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 599
- Latvia 506
- Lebanon 2,687
- Lesotho 207
- Liberia 928
- Libya 2,237
- Liechtenstein 142
- Lithuania 472
- Luxembourg 174
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 126
- Madagascar 301
- Malawi 374
- Malaysia 982
- Maldives 310
- Mali 1,322
- Malta 258
- Marshall Islands 94
- Martinique 9
- Mauritania 657
- Mauritius 211
- Mexico 2,458
- Micronesia, Federated States of 100
- Moldova, Republic of 1,054
- Monaco 125
- Mongolia 340
- Montenegro 765
- Montserrat 24
- Morocco 929
- Mozambique 342
- Myanmar 3,091
- Namibia 282
- Nauru 133
- Nepal 1,128
- Netherlands 521
- Netherlands Antilles 48
- New Caledonia 7
- New Zealand 235
- Nicaragua 637
- Niger 756
- Nigeria 3,479
- Niue 21
- Norfolk Island 9
- Northern Mariana Islands 5
- Norway 334
- Oman 299
- Pakistan 5,438
- Palau 95
- Palestine, State of 2,276
- Panama 435
- Papua New Guinea 308
- Paraguay 404
- Peru 1,076
- Philippines 1,292
- Pitcairn 7
- Poland 891
- Portugal 343
- Puerto Rico 44
- Qatar 333
- Romania 1,184
- Russian Federation 9,925
- Rwanda 1,221
- Saint Helena 11
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 125
- Saint Lucia 194
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 271
- Samoa 118
- San Marino 119
- Sao Tome and Principe 119
- Saudi Arabia 1,209
- Senegal 658
- Serbia 2,565
- Seychelles 169
- Sierra Leone 811
- Singapore 342
- Slovakia 555
- Slovenia 414
- Solomon Islands 165
- Somalia 3,939
- South Africa 855
- South Sudan 1,791
- Spain 627
- Sri Lanka 2,625
- Sudan 3,051
- Suriname 204
- Swaziland 287
- Sweden 503
- Switzerland 412
- Syrian Arab Republic 7,015
- Tajikistan 1,682
- Tanzania, United Republic of 719
- Thailand 1,401
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 893
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 425
- Togo 543
- Tokelau 16
- Tonga 134
- Trinidad and Tobago 292
- Tunisia 1,212
- Turkey 3,705
- Turkmenistan 957
- Turks and Caicos Islands 34
- Tuvalu 108
- U.S. Virgin Islands 11
- Uganda 1,574
- Ukraine 4,219
- United Arab Emirates 521
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,094
- United States of America 3,123
- Uruguay 475
- Uzbekistan 2,007
- Vanuatu 122
- Venezuela 1,444
- Viet Nam 1,547
- Wallis and Futuna 13
- Western Sahara Territory 288
- Yemen 2,447
- Zambia 446
- Zimbabwe 1,401
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