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- Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) 1
- Amnesty International 6,304
- Article 19 1,209
- Asylum Aid 102
- Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement 9
- Child Soldiers International 1
- Committee to Protect Journalists 3,008
- Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture 1
- Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly 1
- Equal Rights Trust 2
- EurasiaNet 2,234
- European Union: European Commission 1
- Forum 18 2,311
- Freedom from Torture 1
- Freedom House 1
- Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum 369
- HelpAge International 1
- Human Rights Watch 6,409
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee 3
- Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) 4
- Institute for Research on Public Policy 1
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting 3,302
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee 5
- Inter-Parliamentary Union 9
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) 22
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 480
- International Crisis Group (ICG) 156
- International Federation for Human Rights 2,096
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 9
- International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) 1
- Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre 6
- IRIN 5,897
- Jamestown Foundation 3,839
- Minority Rights Group International 89
- Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC) 183
- Open Society Foundations (OSF) 1
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI) 3
- Quaker United Nations Office 1
- Radio Free Asia 8,026
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23,196
- REDRESS 4
- Refugees International 4
- Reporters Without Borders 6,824
- Swiss Refugee Council 1
- UN Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Stateless Persons 4
- UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 43
- UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) 15
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 3
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 1
- UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) 1
- UN General Assembly 3
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 1,842
- UN Human Rights Council 3
- UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) 2
- UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 52
- UN Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS) 1
- UN News Service 10,813
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 11
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 24
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 1
- UN Security Council 4
- UN Support Mission in Libya 1
- UN World Health Organization (WHO) 1
- United Kingdom: Home Office 1
- United Nations 1
- United States Congressional Research Service 13
- World Organisation Against Torture 249
- Afghanistan 5,121
- Albania 136
- Algeria 267
- American Samoa 2
- Andorra 2
- Angola 187
- Anguilla 2
- Antigua and Barbuda 3
- Argentina 95
- Armenia 1,347
- Aruba 2
- Australia 199
- Austria 90
- Azerbaijan 2,334
- Bahamas 3
- Bahrain 696
- Bangladesh 817
- Barbados 7
- Belarus 1,418
- Belgium 54
- Belize 9
- Benin 63
- Bermuda 6
- Bhutan 19
- Bolivia 92
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 492
- Botswana 25
- Brazil 358
- British Virgin Islands 1
- Brunei Darussalam 5
- Bulgaria 132
- Burkina Faso 217
- Burundi 593
- Cambodia 1,539
- Cameroon 459
- Canada 83
- Cape Verde 4
- Cayman Islands 2
- Central African Republic 982
- Chad 432
- Chile 94
- China 6,434
- Colombia 623
- Comoros 34
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,767
- Congo, Republic of the 151
- Costa Rica 18
- Croatia 206
- Cuba 224
- Cyprus 74
- Czech Republic 92
- Côte d'Ivoire 700
- Denmark 36
- Djibouti 89
- Dominica 3
- Dominican Republic 89
- Ecuador 133
- Egypt 1,965
- El Salvador 101
- Equatorial Guinea 68
- Eritrea 270
- Estonia 45
- Eswatini 76
- Ethiopia 567
- Falkland Islands 2
- Fiji 39
- Finland 32
- France 318
- Gabon 66
- Gambia 297
- Georgia 1,815
- Germany 268
- Ghana 108
- Greece 395
- Greenland 1
- Grenada 5
- Guam 1
- Guatemala 175
- Guinea 298
- Guinea-Bissau 146
- Guyana 12
- Haiti 217
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 20
- Honduras 319
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 373
- Hungary 206
- Iceland 3
- India 834
- Indonesia 454
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 3,633
- Iraq 4,275
- Ireland 20
- Israel 1,251
- Italy 225
- Jamaica 32
- Japan 78
- Jordan 402
- Kazakhstan 2,087
- Kenya 1,002
- Kiribati 2
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 714
- Korea, Republic of 140
- Kuwait 157
- Kyrgyzstan 2,018
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 367
- Latvia 85
- Lebanon 754
- Lesotho 33
- Liberia 273
- Libya 1,688
- Liechtenstein 2
- Lithuania 95
- Luxembourg 5
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 10
- Madagascar 94
- Malawi 100
- Malaysia 478
- Maldives 117
- Mali 842
- Malta 23
- Mauritania 206
- Mauritius 8
- Mexico 711
- Moldova, Republic of 485
- Monaco 1
- Mongolia 79
- Montenegro 117
- Montserrat 1
- Morocco 344
- Mozambique 76
- Myanmar 2,818
- Namibia 12
- Nauru 30
- Nepal 454
- Netherlands 121
- New Caledonia 1
- New Zealand 9
- Nicaragua 60
- Niger 362
- Nigeria 1,215
- North Macedonia 363
- Norway 43
- Oman 83
- Pakistan 3,338
- Palau 1
- Palestine, State of 1,345
- Panama 47
- Papua New Guinea 105
- Paraguay 65
- Peru 135
- Philippines 620
- Poland 133
- Portugal 18
- Puerto Rico 2
- Qatar 118
- Romania 142
- Russian Federation 9,104
- Rwanda 310
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 4
- Saint Lucia 1
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4
- Saudi Arabia 708
- Senegal 240
- Serbia 1,005
- Seychelles 3
- Sierra Leone 194
- Singapore 90
- Slovakia 57
- Slovenia 72
- Solomon Islands 2
- Somalia 1,880
- South Africa 281
- South Sudan 1,210
- Spain 95
- Sri Lanka 751
- Sudan 1,535
- Suriname 13
- Sweden 97
- Switzerland 57
- Syrian Arab Republic 5,385
- Tajikistan 1,367
- Tanzania, United Republic of 167
- Thailand 870
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 105
- Togo 109
- Tokelau 1
- Tonga 3
- Trinidad and Tobago 12
- Tunisia 678
- Turkey 2,284
- Turkmenistan 615
- Turks and Caicos Islands 2
- Tuvalu 1
- U.S. Virgin Islands 2
- Uganda 687
- Ukraine 3,359
- United Arab Emirates 212
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 362
- United States of America 2,256
- Uruguay 34
- Uzbekistan 1,522
- Vanuatu 5
- Venezuela 315
- Viet Nam 1,098
- Western Sahara Territory 77
- Yemen 1,781
- Zambia 110
- Zimbabwe 629
- 1951 Refugee Convention 4
- Abduction 1,044
- Abkhazians 98
- Abuse of psychiatry 95
- Access to procedures 60
- Access to water 314
- Acholi 1
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 5
- Acts of persecution 8
- Adivasis 3
- Administrative courts 9
- Admission quotas 2
- Adoption 37
- Adygey 1
- Afars 1
- Africans 23
- Afro-Colombians 10
- Age discrimination 6
- Ahmadis 69
- Ahwazi 12
- Airports 83
- Ajarians 1
- Alawi 14
- Albanians 35
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 43
- Alevis 1
- Aliens 6
- Altai 1
- Amazonian Indians 4
- Amhara 3
- Anti-terrorism law 193
- Apartheid 2
- Appeal / Right to appeal 89
- Arabs 84
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 3,379
- Armed attacks on camps 148
- Armed forces / Military 3,449
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 5,151
- Armenian 94
- Arrival 22
- Ashkaelian 4
- Assamese 1
- Assemblies of God 1
- Assyrians 14
- Asylum policy 47
- Asylum-migration nexus 120
- Asylum-seekers 889
- Atheist / Agnostic 9
- Atheist / Agnostic 2
- Avars 15
- Awá 4
- Azeri 48
- Baha'i 69
- Bail 56
- Balkars 9
- Baluchis 51
- Bantu 4
- Banyamulenge 2
- Banyarwanda 1
- Baptist 346
- Basarwa 2
- Bashkirs 8
- Basques 2
- Batwa 5
- Bedoon 44
- Belarusians 7
- Bengalis 9
- Berber 12
- Berti 1
- Bihari 4
- Blood feuds 3
- Bodos 1
- Border conflict 969
- Border controls 273
- Border crossers 227
- Bosnian 30
- Buddhist 246
- Bulgarians 3
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 76
- Cabinda 3
- Caferis 1
- Camp management 43
- Capacity building of state institutions 16
- Catholic 168
- Ceasefire 748
- Cessation clauses 3
- Chakma 1
- Chaldean 7
- Cham 4
- Changes of circumstances in home country 1
- Chechen 549
- Cherkess 2
- Child labour 134
- Child prostitution 42
- Child soldiers 316
- Children's rights 954
- Children-at-risk 1,068
- Chin 19
- Chinese 29
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 9
- Christian 891
- Chukchi 1
- Chuvash 3
- Circassians 118
- Citizenship / Nationality law 20
- Civil and political rights 796
- Civil rights legislation 3
- Civil war 776
- Civilian character of asylum 2
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 35
- Combatants / Former combatants 262
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 939
- Community development 16
- Complementary forms of protection 7
- Confidentiality 4
- Conflict prevention 191
- Conflict resolution 1,346
- Conflict situation 2,006
- Confucianist 2
- Constitutional law 21
- Contemporary forms of slavery 78
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 9
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 12
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 5
- Convention refugee 1
- Copts 63
- Corruption 1,103
- Corsicans 1
- Cossacks 50
- Country of origin information (COI) 20
- Coup d'état 296
- Credibility assessment 1
- Crime prevention 16
- Crimean Tatars 144
- Crimes against humanity 539
- Crimes against peace 6
- Criminal justice 1,882
- Croats 15
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
- Customary law 3
- Czechs 1
- Dalit 11
- Darfuri 6
- Dargins 7
- Death in custody 330
- Death penalty 1,440
- Death squads 43
- Demobilization / Disarmament 283
- Democracy 501
- Denial of nationality 8
- Denial of refugee status 10
- Deportation / Forcible return 694
- Dinka 15
- Dioula 1
- Diplomatic assurances 2
- Diplomatic protection 3
- Disappeared persons 1,016
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 529
- Domestic violence 200
- Drug trafficking 292
- Druze 10
- Economic, social and cultural rights 340
- Effective protection 22
- Effective remedy 729
- Egyptians 10
- Election law 52
- Elections 3,814
- Embargo 98
- Embera 1
- Emergency legislation 16
- Emigrants 24
- Endorois 3
- Entry / Exit 19
- Entry into force 1
- Enxet 1
- Equal opportunities 30
- Equality before the law 16
- Eritreans 49
- Ethiopians 45
- Ethnic cleansing 54
- Evacuation 101
- Evangelical 20
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 11
- Exclusion clauses 3
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 3
- Exiles 192
- Expedited procedures 4
- Expulsion 145
- Extradition 257
- Extrajudicial executions 1,497
- Extreme poverty 166
- False documents 13
- Falun Gong 21
- Family law 6
- Family reunification 51
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 91
- Filipinos 7
- Flight by land, air or sea 105
- Forced labour 216
- Forced marriage 149
- Forced relocation 45
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 94
- Foreign occupation 340
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 1,836
- Freedom of assembly and association 3,225
- Freedom of conscience 492
- Freedom of expression 17,342
- Freedom of information 10,819
- Freedom of movement 573
- Freedom of religion 3,242
- Freedom of speech 8,276
- French 4
- Fulani 21
- Fur 1
- Gaboye 1
- Gagauz 8
- Galicians 1
- Gang related violence 69
- Gender discrimination 305
- Gender mainstreaming 41
- Gender-based persecution 129
- Generalized violence 101
- Genocide 288
- Germans 4
- Global Consultations on international protection 1
- Good governance 1,559
- Good offices 34
- Greeks 1
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 35
- Group / Prima facie determination 1
- HIV and AIDS 252
- Habeas corpus 5
- Haitians 28
- Han 21
- Hare Krishna 69
- Harmful traditional practices 106
- Hazara 32
- Hema 1
- Hijacking 9
- Hindu 53
- Hmong 31
- Honour killings 81
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1,183
- Hui 1
- Human Rights Council 214
- Human rights activists 4,626
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 2,207
- Human rights courts 77
- Human rights law 68
- Human rights monitors 914
- Humanitarian assistance 2,426
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 8
- Hungarians 6
- Hutus 36
- IDP camps 270
- Illegal entry 14
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 118
- Illegitimate children 1
- Immigrants 71
- Immigration Detention 220
- Immigration control after entry 7
- Immigration law 5
- Immunity 101
- Impunity 1,452
- Income-generating projects 2
- Independence of judiciary 368
- Indians 2
- Indigenous persons 278
- Ingush 117
- Integration 98
- Internal armed conflict 4,063
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 6
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 3,354
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 5
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 1
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 4
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 12
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 3
- International armed conflict 363
- International courts and tribunals 652
- International criminal law 129
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 342
- International protection 21
- Involuntary repatriation 41
- Iranians 44
- Jain 1
- Japanese 6
- Jehovah's Witness 508
- Jew 94
- Jurisdiction 10
- Juvenile justice system 109
- Kabards 13
- Kachin 185
- Kalenjin 6
- Kalmyks 1
- Karachay 14
- Karen 36
- Kashmiris 54
- Kazakhs 31
- Khakass 6
- Khmer 5
- Khmer Krom 4
- Kikuyu 3
- Komi 6
- Koreans 8
- Kosovar 238
- Krou 1
- Kuchi 4
- Kumyks 7
- Kuna 1
- Kurd 745
- Labour law 18
- Laks 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 298
- Law of the sea 3
- Laws relating to religion 193
- Legal representation / Legal aid 74
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 949
- Lezgin 7
- Livelihoods 252
- Location of camps 4
- Luba 1
- Luo 4
- Lutheran 5
- Maasai 3
- Macedonians 1
- Malays 9
- Malinke / Mandingo 2
- Mandate status 2
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 4
- Mapuche 12
- Maronite 2
- Mass exodus 20
- Massaleit 1
- Maternal and child health care 216
- Mayans 2
- Mbororo 1
- Medical screening 6
- Melanesians 1
- Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 5
- Mende 1
- Mennonite 4
- Mental harm 4
- Mental health 101
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 26
- Mercenaries 23
- Merina 1
- Meskhetians 10
- Messianic Jews 1
- Methodist 10
- Migrant rights 260
- Migrants 1,265
- Military courts 209
- Military law 105
- Military operations 2,061
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 334
- Minorities 871
- Minority rights 171
- Mon 10
- Mongols 85
- Montagnards 39
- Mormon 7
- Moros 1
- Multiple nationality 23
- Muslim 2,092
- National security / Public order 331
- Naturalization 7
- Nepalis 4
- Nogai 7
- Nomads 22
- Non-refoulement 52
- Non-self-governing territories 25
- Non-state agents of persecution 145
- Nuba 8
- Nuer 18
- Ogaden 1
- Older persons 35
- One-child policy / Family planning 33
- Opposition 3,636
- Orang Asli 1
- Orderly return 25
- Oromo 15
- Orthodox Christian 269
- Ossetians (South) 118
- Palestinian 759
- Pamiris 1
- Panjshiris 1
- Papuans 28
- Pashtun 32
- Passports 81
- Pastoralists 3
- Peace agreements 710
- Peace process 1,379
- Peacekeeping 1,312
- Pentecostal 40
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 531
- Persecution based on nationality 9
- Persecution based on political opinion 1,748
- Persecution of family members 141
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 473
- Persons not in need of international protection 14
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 27
- Persons with disabilities 171
- Physical harm 7
- Piracy 37
- Poles 16
- Police 1,991
- Political asylum 50
- Political groups 715
- Political parties 1,797
- Political situation 6,679
- Polygamy 20
- Population transfers 6
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 11
- Pre-entry procedures 1
- Pre-trial detention 318
- Presbyterian 28
- Prevention of discrimination 31
- Prison or detention conditions 1,271
- Prisoners of war 99
- Proof of nationality 1
- Property restitution 35
- Prosecution vs persecution 164
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 91
- Protection of camps 28
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1,909
- Protestant 390
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2,965
- Public health 614
- Punjabis 2
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 221
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 63
- Ratification 4
- Re-entry 2
- Reception 122
- Reconciliation 477
- Referendum 317
- Refoulement 45
- Refugee / Asylum law 38
- Refugee camps 575
- Refugee identity documents 19
- Refugee seamen 183
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 28
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 1
- Refugees 3,732
- Refugees sur place 6
- Regional instruments 2
- Registration 78
- Reintegration 107
- Rejected asylum-seekers 41
- Rejection at border 61
- Religious discrimination 1,676
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 572
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 114
- Resettlement 225
- Residence permits / Residency 41
- Return conditions 270
- Returnees 449
- Right to a nationality 35
- Right to development 20
- Right to education 595
- Right to employment 144
- Right to family life 29
- Right to food 450
- Right to health 439
- Right to justice 612
- Right to leave 31
- Right to liberty and security 44
- Right to life 120
- Right to registration at birth 25
- Right to return 38
- Right to seek asylum 120
- Right to self-determination 189
- Rights of non-citizens 22
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 745
- Roma 158
- Romanians 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1,385
- Russians 147
- Rwandans 8
- Sabean Mandean 10
- Safe country of origin 16
- Safe third country 14
- Saharawis 31
- Salafi 127
- Sale of children 29
- Sami 2
- San Bushmen 1
- Sanctions 413
- Scientologist 3
- Secondary movement 32
- Security forces 2,171
- Security situation 7,321
- Serb 104
- Serious non-political crime 60
- Seventh Day Adventist 49
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 1,068
- Sexual and reproductive rights 165
- Shabak 23
- Shamanism 1
- Shan 76
- Sharia law 74
- Shia 506
- Signatories and Parties 1
- Sikh 23
- Sindhis 3
- Single heads of household 2
- Sinhalese 7
- Slavs 11
- Small arms 107
- Smuggling of persons 143
- Social group discrimination 115
- Social group persecution 34
- Somalis 249
- Spontaneous return 7
- Standard of proof 3
- State of emergency 189
- State protection 46
- Statelessness 120
- Statelessness Determination Procedures 6
- Sufi 88
- Sunni 406
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 50
- Tajik 49
- Talysh 4
- Tamil 133
- Taoist 1
- Tatars 287
- Temporary admission 7
- Temporary protection 10
- Terrorism 4,515
- Threats / Intimidation 297
- Tibetan 1,120
- Tiv 2
- Torres Strait Islanders 1
- Torture 624
- Trafficking in persons 345
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 4
- Transit 27
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 252
- Travel documents 16
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 58
- Tuareg 98
- Turkmen 59
- Turks 12
- Tutsis 28
- Uighur 863
- Ukrainians 15
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 121
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 80
- Unlawful departure 2
- Urban refugees 30
- Urueu-Wau-Wau 1
- Uzbek 193
- Vietnamese 7
- Visas 156
- Voluntary repatriation 202
- War crimes 949
- Well-founded fear of persecution 8
- Widowed persons 6
- Witchcraft 16
- Withdrawal of nationality 23
- Witnesses 77
- Women's rights 1,375
- Women-at-risk 478
- Work permits 19
- Yakut 1
- Yazīdī 124
- Zoroastrian 8
- Zulus 1