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- Afghanistan 95
- Albania 6
- Algeria 19
- Angola 30
- Argentina 14
- Armenia 5
- Australia 35
- Austria 4
- Azerbaijan 88
- Bahamas 1
- Bahrain 206
- Bangladesh 65
- Barbados 1
- Belarus 57
- Belgium 1
- Benin 4
- Bolivia 6
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 23
- Botswana 3
- Brazil 60
- Brunei Darussalam 1
- Bulgaria 7
- Burkina Faso 12
- Burundi 21
- Cambodia 51
- Cameroon 28
- Central African Republic 52
- Chad 29
- Chile 23
- China 244
- Colombia 112
- Comoros 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 58
- Congo, Republic of the 12
- Croatia 11
- Cuba 55
- Cyprus 6
- Czech Republic 16
- Côte d'Ivoire 15
- Denmark 3
- Dominican Republic 44
- Ecuador 11
- Egypt 339
- El Salvador 39
- Equatorial Guinea 13
- Eritrea 14
- Eswatini 11
- Ethiopia 46
- Fiji 12
- Finland 1
- France 21
- Gabon 2
- Gambia 61
- Georgia 16
- Germany 4
- Ghana 6
- Greece 53
- Guatemala 58
- Guinea 12
- Guinea-Bissau 4
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 38
- Honduras 50
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 17
- Hungary 28
- India 84
- Indonesia 95
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 318
- Iraq 143
- Ireland 4
- Israel 147
- Italy 34
- Jamaica 15
- Japan 10
- Jordan 26
- Kazakhstan 14
- Kenya 61
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 24
- Korea, Republic of 22
- Kuwait 24
- Kyrgyzstan 15
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 6
- Latvia 5
- Lebanon 28
- Lesotho 13
- Liberia 2
- Libya 123
- Lithuania 11
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 2
- Madagascar 7
- Malawi 21
- Malaysia 79
- Maldives 28
- Mali 20
- Malta 1
- Mauritania 19
- Mexico 170
- Moldova, Republic of 11
- Mongolia 8
- Montenegro 4
- Morocco 46
- Mozambique 13
- Myanmar 114
- Nauru 12
- Nepal 25
- Netherlands 3
- Nicaragua 19
- Niger 8
- Nigeria 106
- North Macedonia 13
- Norway 6
- Oman 17
- Pakistan 99
- Palestine, State of 159
- Panama 4
- Papua New Guinea 32
- Paraguay 24
- Peru 26
- Philippines 54
- Poland 8
- Portugal 1
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 37
- Romania 14
- Russian Federation 208
- Rwanda 15
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
- Saudi Arabia 176
- Senegal 8
- Serbia 44
- Sierra Leone 21
- Singapore 22
- Slovakia 10
- Slovenia 6
- Somalia 48
- South Africa 39
- South Sudan 37
- Spain 12
- Sri Lanka 97
- Sudan 107
- Suriname 3
- Sweden 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 309
- Tajikistan 14
- Tanzania, United Republic of 5
- Thailand 61
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 4
- Togo 6
- Trinidad and Tobago 3
- Tunisia 79
- Turkey 133
- Turkmenistan 13
- Uganda 48
- Ukraine 104
- United Arab Emirates 50
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11
- United States of America 19
- Uruguay 5
- Uzbekistan 22
- Venezuela 58
- Viet Nam 38
- Western Sahara Territory 13
- Yemen 113
- Zambia 18
- Zimbabwe 105
- Abduction 115
- Abuse of psychiatry 14
- Access to procedures 16
- Access to water 11
- Acts of persecution 4
- Adivasis 2
- Administrative courts 1
- Africans 10
- Afro-Colombians 3
- Ahmadis 9
- Ahwazi 9
- Airports 1
- Alawi 1
- Albanians 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 10
- Amazonian Indians 1
- Anti-terrorism law 33
- Apartheid 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 22
- Arabs 11
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 967
- Armed attacks on camps 14
- Armed forces / Military 212
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 188
- Armenian 1
- Arrival 1
- Asylum policy 5
- Asylum-migration nexus 15
- Asylum-seekers 109
- Awá 1
- Azeri 1
- Baha'i 10
- Bail 3
- Baluchis 2
- Bedoon 14
- Border conflict 9
- Border controls 10
- Border crossers 13
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 10
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 11
- Camp management 3
- Catholic 2
- Ceasefire 9
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chechen 24
- Child labour 1
- Child soldiers 15
- Children's rights 56
- Children-at-risk 101
- Christian 30
- Circassians 1
- Civil and political rights 152
- Civil war 47
- Combatants / Former combatants 3
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 51
- Community development 1
- Confidentiality 1
- Conflict prevention 4
- Conflict resolution 82
- Conflict situation 119
- Constitutional law 2
- Contemporary forms of slavery 9
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 6
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention refugee 1
- Copts 9
- Corruption 35
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Coup d'état 28
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimean Tatars 9
- Crimes against humanity 104
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 292
- Czechs 1
- Dalit 1
- Death in custody 74
- Death penalty 524
- Death squads 5
- Demobilization / Disarmament 9
- Democracy 28
- Denial of nationality 2
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 103
- Disappeared persons 250
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 60
- Domestic violence 12
- Drug trafficking 27
- Druze 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 22
- Effective protection 7
- Effective remedy 275
- Egyptians 1
- Election law 3
- Elections 115
- Embargo 23
- Emergency legislation 6
- Entry / Exit 1
- Enxet 1
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 1
- Eritreans 1
- Ethiopians 1
- Ethnic cleansing 6
- Evacuation 3
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 4
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 9
- Expulsion 12
- Extradition 30
- Extrajudicial executions 296
- Extreme poverty 5
- Falun Gong 3
- Family reunification 2
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 4
- Forced labour 13
- Forced marriage 6
- Forced relocation 15
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 41
- Foreign occupation 35
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 680
- Freedom of assembly and association 962
- Freedom of conscience 215
- Freedom of expression 1,383
- Freedom of information 826
- Freedom of movement 53
- Freedom of religion 96
- Freedom of speech 659
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 8
- Gender discrimination 44
- Gender mainstreaming 1
- Gender-based persecution 21
- Generalized violence 7
- Genocide 28
- Good governance 99
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 3
- HIV and AIDS 9
- Haitians 13
- Harmful traditional practices 16
- Hazara 2
- Hindu 2
- Hmong 1
- Honour killings 4
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 210
- Human Rights Council 11
- Human rights activists 991
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 550
- Human rights courts 2
- Human rights law 8
- Human rights monitors 100
- Humanitarian assistance 68
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
- Hutus 4
- IDP camps 15
- Illegal entry 1
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
- Immigrants 3
- Immigration Detention 47
- Immigration control after entry 1
- Immunity 25
- Impunity 336
- Independence of judiciary 31
- Indigenous persons 114
- Integration 4
- Internal armed conflict 229
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 133
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 3
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 3
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 2
- International armed conflict 39
- International courts and tribunals 50
- International criminal law 17
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 68
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Iranians 6
- Jehovah's Witness 2
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 1
- Juvenile justice system 29
- Kachin 2
- Karen 1
- Kurd 51
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 6
- Laws relating to religion 4
- Legal representation / Legal aid 23
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 174
- Livelihoods 6
- Mapuche 2
- Maternal and child health care 27
- Medical screening 4
- Mental health 2
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Migrant rights 61
- Migrants 120
- Military courts 71
- Military law 23
- Military operations 87
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 22
- Minorities 31
- Minority rights 23
- Mongols 1
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 60
- National security / Public order 37
- Non-refoulement 13
- Non-state agents of persecution 12
- Nuba 2
- Older persons 4
- One-child policy / Family planning 2
- Opposition 244
- Oromo 1
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 94
- Papuans 7
- Pashtun 1
- Passports 1
- Peace agreements 17
- Peace process 15
- Peacekeeping 29
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 110
- Persecution based on political opinion 446
- Persecution of family members 4
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 107
- Persons not in need of international protection 1
- Persons with disabilities 7
- Physical harm 1
- Piracy 2
- Poles 1
- Police 230
- Political groups 61
- Political parties 145
- Political situation 451
- Polygamy 1
- Pre-trial detention 46
- Presbyterian 1
- Prevention of discrimination 5
- Prison or detention conditions 297
- Prisoners of war 1
- Property restitution 12
- Prosecution vs persecution 16
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 7
- Protection of camps 4
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 224
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 320
- Public health 12
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 22
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 14
- Ratification 1
- Reception 13
- Reconciliation 11
- Referendum 9
- Refoulement 7
- Refugee / Asylum law 6
- Refugee camps 29
- Refugee identity documents 1
- Refugee seamen 13
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
- Refugees 219
- Registration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 10
- Rejection at border 8
- Religious discrimination 50
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 33
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 9
- Resettlement 12
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 10
- Returnees 5
- Right to a nationality 10
- Right to education 37
- Right to employment 2
- Right to family life 4
- Right to food 14
- Right to health 53
- Right to justice 213
- Right to leave 4
- Right to liberty and security 12
- Right to life 43
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to return 3
- Right to seek asylum 25
- Right to self-determination 8
- Rights of non-citizens 2
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 37
- Roma 70
- Romanians 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 290
- Sabean Mandean 1
- Safe third country 1
- Saharawis 8
- Sanctions 1
- Secondary movement 2
- Security forces 346
- Security situation 553
- Serb 1
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 124
- Sexual and reproductive rights 31
- Sharia law 7
- Shia 52
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 11
- Smuggling of persons 5
- Social group discrimination 21
- Social group persecution 7
- Somalis 9
- Standard of proof 1
- State of emergency 31
- State protection 11
- Statelessness 14
- Sufi 1
- Sunni 16
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
- Tamil 16
- Tatars 10
- Terrorism 147
- Threats / Intimidation 23
- Tibetan 14
- Torture 153
- Trafficking in persons 5
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 18
- Travel documents 1
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 3
- Tuareg 1
- Tutsis 3
- Uighur 32
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 12
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 8
- Uzbek 8
- War crimes 169
- Witchcraft 2
- Witnesses 2
- Women's rights 195
- Women-at-risk 78
- Yazīdī 5
- Zoroastrian 1
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