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African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
17
African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
1
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
3
Argentina: Corte Suprema de Justicia
14
Argentina: Cámara Nacional Electoral
1
Armenia: Administrative Court of Appeals
2
Armenia: Court of Cassation
1
Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal
138
Australia: Family Court
1
Australia: Federal Circuit Court
13
Australia: Federal Court
402
Australia: Federal Magistrates Court
183
Australia: High Court
65
Australia: Immigration Review Tribunal
5
Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal
975
Austria: Asylum Court (Asylgerichtshof)
5
Austria: Constitutional Court of Austria (Verfassungsgerichtshof)
22
Austria: Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht)
8
Austria: Independent Administrative Senate
3
Austria: Independent Federal Asylum Review Board (UBASG)
3
Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof)
37
Austria: Supreme Court
3
Azerbaijan: Jalilabad District Court
1
Bangladesh: Supreme Court
3
Belarus: District Courts
2
Belarus: Supreme Court
1
Belgium: Chambre de recours de Brabant
1
Belgium: Commission permanente de recours des réfugiés (see: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers)
18
Belgium: Conseil d'État
19
Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers
83
Belgium: Cour constitutionnelle
9
Belgium: Cour d'Appel de Bruxelles
4
Belgium: Cour de cassation
11
Belgium: Cour du travail, Liège
1
Belgium: Tribunal civil, Liège
1
Benin: Comité d’éligibilité au statut de réfugié
3
Benin: Commission nationale chargée des réfugiés: Comité de recours
1
Benin: Cour Constitutionnelle
1
Bolivia: Corte Suprema de Justicia
2
Bolivia: Tribunal Constitucional
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina
28
Botswana: High Court
1
Bulgaria: Supreme Administrative Court
9
Canada: Court of Appeal for Ontario
3
Canada: Courts of Appeal
3
Canada: Federal Court
707
Canada: Federal Court of Appeal
91
Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
131
Canada: Provincial / Territorial Superior Courts
1
Canada: Supreme Court
51
Canada: Supreme Court of British Columbia
1
Chile: Corte Suprema
3
Colombia: Consejo de Estado
13
Colombia: Corte Constitucional
82
Colombia: Corte Suprema de Justicia
3
Colombia: Juzgado Segundo Penal Municipal
1
Costa Rica: Corte Suprema de Justicia
86
Council of Europe
1
Council of Europe: European Commission on Human Rights
84
Council of Europe: European Committee of Social Rights
15
Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights
1,211
Czech Republic: Constitutional Court
3
Czech Republic: Prague City Court
2
Czech Republic: Regional Court of Ceské Budejovice
1
Czech Republic: Superior Court
6
Czech Republic: Supreme Administrative Court
19
Dominican Republic: Constitutional Court
3
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): Community Court of Justice
2
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): ECOWAS Commission
1
Ecuador: Corte Constitucional
7
Egypt: Council of State (Administrative Judicial Court) (Mahkmah Al Qda’a El Edari)
1
El Salvador: Corte Suprema de Justicia
3
Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission
1
Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission
2
European Union: Council of the European Union
1
European Union: Court of First Instance
2
European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union
195
European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights
1
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
3
Fiji: High Court
1
Finland: Asylum Appeals Board
6
Finland: Directorate of Immigration
2
Finland: Helsinki Administrative Court
5
Finland: Supreme Administrative Court
21
Finland: Supreme Court
1
France: Commission des Recours des Réfugiés (CRR)
387
France: Conseil constitutionnel
2
France: Conseil d'Etat
215
France: Cour administrative
3
France: Cour de Cassation
2
France: Cour nationale du droit d'asile
54
France: Tribunal Administratif
2
France: Tribunal de grande instance
1
Georgia: Constitutional Court
1
Germany: Bundesamt für die Anerkennung ausländischer Flüchtlinge
4
Germany: Bundesgerichtshof
3
Germany: Bundesverfassungsgericht
44
Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht
51
Germany: Oberverwaltungsgericht
11
Germany: Sozialgericht
1
Germany: Verfassungsgericht
1
Germany: Verwaltungsgericht
88
Greece: Administrative Court (First Instance) of Athens
2
Greece: Council of State
31
Greece: Courts of Appeal
3
Greece: Criminal Courts (First Instance)
5
Greece: Supreme Court
5
Guatemala: Corte de Apelaciones
1
Guatemala: Corte de Constitutionalidad
3
Hong Kong: Court of Final Appeal
6
Hong Kong: District Court
2
Hong Kong: High Court
82
Hong Kong: Supreme Court
1
Hungary: Constitutional Court
1
Hungary: Municipal Court of Budapest
2
Hungary: Supreme Court
1
India: Cantonment Courts
1
India: High Courts
18
India: Magistrate Courts
15
India: Supreme Court
23
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
111
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR)
133
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
1
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
60
International Criminal Court (ICC)
8
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
110
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
126
Ireland: Court of Appeal
1
Ireland: High Court
150
Ireland: Supreme Court
48
Israel: Beer Sheva District Court
1
Israel: High Court of Justice
2
Israel: Supreme Court
6
Italy: Council of State (Consiglio di Stato)
2
Italy: Court of Appeal (Corte d’Appello)
2
Italy: Courts of First Instance
10
Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione)
16
Japan: District Courts
6
Japan: High Courts
2
Japan: Supreme Court
1
Kenya: Court of Appeal
1
Kenya: High Court
6
Libya: Court of Appeal (Tripoli)
1
Libya: Supreme Court of Libya
1
Lithuania: Supreme Administrative Court (Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas)
2
Lithuania: Supreme Court
1
Luxembourg: Cour administratif
1
Luxembourg: Tribunal administratif
7
Malawi: High Court
1
Malawi: Resident Magistrate Court Lilongwe
1
Malaysia: Court of Appeal
1
Malaysia: High Court of Malaya
2
Malta: Civil Court, First Hall (Constitutional Jurisdiction) (Qorti Civili, Prim' Awla (Gurisdizzjoni Kostituzzjonali))
2
Malta: Constitutional Court (Qorti Kostituzzjonali)
1
Mexico: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación
7
Micronesia, Federated States of: Supreme Court
1
Moldova: Court of Centru Sector
1
Moldova: Judicial Board for Criminal Cases of Chisinau Tribunal
6
Myanmar: Supreme Court
5
Namibia: High Court
3
Netherlands, The: Amsterdam District Court
1
Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State)
42
Netherlands, The: Supreme Court (Hoge Raad)
2
Netherlands, The: The Hague Court of Appeal
1
Netherlands, The: The Hague District Court
28
New Zealand: Court of Appeal
22
New Zealand: High Court
30
New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal
101
New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority
590
New Zealand: Supreme Court
7
Nigeria: High Court of Justice of Borno State
1
Norway: Borgarting Court of Appeal
1
Norway: Supreme Court
12
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Court of Appeal
1
Pakistan: Supreme Court
2
Panama: Corte Suprema de Justicia
1
Papua New Guinea: Constitutional Court
1
Permanent Court of International Justice
1
Peru: Corte Suprema
1
Poland: Court of Appeal
1
Poland: Department of Refugee and Asylum Proceedings
1
Poland: High Administrative Court
6
Poland: Provincial (Voivodship) Administrative Court
4
Poland: Refugee Board
2
Romania: Bucharest Sector II Court
1
Romania: Bucharest Sector IV Court
2
Russian Federation: City Courts
11
Russian Federation: Constitutional Court
1
Russian Federation: District Courts
48
Russian Federation: Municipal Courts
8
Russian Federation: Regional Courts
4
Russian Federation: Supreme Court
2
Slovakia: Regional Court in Bratislava
6
Slovenia: Constitutional Court
5
South Africa: Constitutional Court
18
South Africa: High Court
67
South Africa: Refugee Appeal Board
3
South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal
19
South Korea: Seoul District Court, 13th Administration
1
Spain: Audiencia Nacional
7
Spain: Audiencia Nacional; Sala de lo Contencioso Administrativo
12
Spain: Tribunal Constitucional
4
Spain: Tribunal Supremo
17
Special Court for Sierra Leone
12
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
2
Sri Lanka: Supreme Court
1
Sudan: Supreme Court
1
Sweden: Migration Court of Appeal (Migrationsöverdomstolen)
5
Switzerland: Commission suisse de recours en matière d'asile
7
Switzerland: Federal Court
64
Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral
58
Uganda: Court of Appeal/Constitutional Court
2
Uganda: High Court
1
Uganda: Supreme Court
1
Ukraine: Appeal Courts
2
Ukraine: District Courts
7
Ukraine: Supreme Court
10
UN Commission on Human Rights
4
UN Committee Against Torture (CAT)
182
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
5
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
8
UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
1
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
7
UN Human Rights Committee (HRC)
206
UN Human Rights Council
1
United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority
792
United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales)
807
United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
3
United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland)
133
United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales)
719
United Kingdom: High Court (Northern Ireland)
11
United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee)
76
United Kingdom: Parliament, House of Commons Library
2
United Kingdom: Privy Council (Judicial Committee)
7
United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC)
31
United Kingdom: Supreme Court
51
United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
231
United States Attorney-General
8
United States Board of Immigration Appeals
100
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
24
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
58
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
37
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
51
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
50
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
39
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
530
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
55
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
94
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
55
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
37
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
41
United States District Courts
19
United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
6
United States Supreme Court
94
United States: Supreme Court of California
2
Zimbabwe: Supreme Court
6
Afghanistan
493
Albania
100
Algeria
193
Angola
45
Antigua and Barbuda
1
Argentina
27
Armenia
48
Australia
1,818
Austria
169
Azerbaijan
45
Bahamas
2
Bahrain
6
Bangladesh
173
Barbados
3
Belarus
37
Belgium
215
Belize
2
Benin
7
Bhutan
9
Bolivia
12
Bosnia and Herzegovina
158
Botswana
6
Brazil
20
Bulgaria
73
Burkina Faso
3
Burundi
34
Cambodia
32
Cameroon
62
Canada
1,038
Cape Verde
2
Central African Republic
3
Chad
15
Chile
33
China
622
Colombia
246
Comoros
1
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
189
Congo, Republic of the
21
Costa Rica
97
Côte d'Ivoire
36
Croatia
92
Cuba
51
Cyprus
28
Czech Republic
79
Denmark
54
Djibouti
6
Dominican Republic
17
Ecuador
24
Egypt
100
El Salvador
114
Equatorial Guinea
2
Eritrea
141
Estonia
7
Ethiopia
164
Falkland Islands
1
Fiji
90
Finland
57
France
818
Gambia
22
Georgia
43
Germany
274
Ghana
64
Greece
151
Grenada
4
Guadeloupe
1
Guatemala
98
Guinea
53
Guyana
14
Haiti
46
Honduras
48
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)
96
Hungary
90
India
373
Indonesia
43
Iran, Islamic Republic of
535
Iraq
347
Ireland
229
Israel
51
Italy
143
Jamaica
51
Japan
16
Jordan
47
Kazakhstan
21
Kenya
64
Kiribati
4
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
17
Korea, Republic of
32
Kuwait
33
Kyrgyzstan
26
Lao People's Democratic Republic
10
Latvia
31
Lebanon
142
Lesotho
1
Liberia
23
Libya
65
Liechtenstein
2
Lithuania
28
Luxembourg
9
Macau (Special Administrative Region of China)
1
Madagascar
1
Malawi
10
Malaysia
69
Mali
15
Malta
14
Mauritania
22
Mauritius
5
Mexico
146
Micronesia, Federated States of
1
Moldova, Republic of
31
Mongolia
11
Montenegro
33
Morocco
67
Mozambique
2
Myanmar
65
Namibia
5
Nepal
106
Netherlands
236
Netherlands Antilles
2
New Zealand
750
Nicaragua
150
Niger
5
Nigeria
255
North Macedonia
31
Norway
26
Pakistan
309
Palestine, State of
97
Panama
13
Papua New Guinea
6
Paraguay
8
Peru
68
Philippines
66
Poland
115
Portugal
11
Puerto Rico
1
Qatar
3
Romania
94
Russian Federation
434
Rwanda
171
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1
Saint Lucia
1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6
Samoa
2
Saudi Arabia
20
Senegal
30
Serbia
266
Sierra Leone
60
Singapore
6
Slovakia
34
Slovenia
19
Solomon Islands
1
Somalia
267
South Africa
147
South Sudan
4
Spain
90
Sri Lanka
541
Sudan
130
Suriname
8
Sweden
161
Switzerland
219
Syrian Arab Republic
150
Tajikistan
21
Tanzania, United Republic of
20
Thailand
16
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
8
Togo
24
Tonga
3
Trinidad and Tobago
9
Tunisia
56
Türkiye
467
Turkmenistan
7
Tuvalu
3
Uganda
60
Ukraine
99
United Arab Emirates
7
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3,025
United States of America
1,405
Uruguay
7
Uzbekistan
70
Vanuatu
2
Venezuela
18
Viet Nam
121
Western Sahara Territory
2
Yemen
12
Zambia
8
Zimbabwe
122
1951 Refugee Convention
107
1969 OAU Convention
2
1984 Cartagena Declaration
1
Abduction
105
Abuse of psychiatry
1
Access to procedures
108
Acehnese
1
Acholi
1
Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations
27
Acts of persecution
30
Administrative courts
16
Administrative law
12
Admission quotas
1
Adoption
10
Afars
1
Afro-Colombians
3
Age discrimination
1
Agents of persecution
29
Ahmadis
63
Ahwazi
1
Airports
42
Akan
1
Alawi
4
Albanians
7
Albinism/Persons with Albinism
3
Alevis
9
Aliens
4
Amhara
2
Amish
1
Anti-terrorism law
23
Apartheid
1
Appeal / Right to appeal
324
Arabs
5
Arbitrary arrest and detention
671
Armed forces / Military
90
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements
155
Armenian
7
Arrival
32
Article 1D
5
Ashkaelian
6
Ashraf
5
Assyrians
8
Asylum policy
89
Asylum-migration nexus
5
Asylum-seekers
179
Atheist / Agnostic
2
Avars
1
Azeri
4
Baganda
1
Baha'i
6
Bail
27
Bajuni
6
Bantu
1
Banyamulenge
3
Baptist
2
Basques
1
Bedoon
9
Beja
2
Belarusians
2
Bellah
1
Benadiri
2
Benefit of the doubt
12
Berber
3
Berti
2
Bihari
7
Birth Certificates
1
Blood feuds
22
Border conflict
1
Border controls
11
Border crossers
4
Bosnian
5
Buddhist
20
Burden of proof
143
Burden-sharing and international co-operation
40
COVID-19
2
Cabinda
2
Cancellation
2
Carrier sanctions
5
Catholic
67
Ceasefire
21
Cessation clauses
73
Chakma
4
Chaldean
6
Changes of circumstances in home country
146
Chechen
68
Child labour
1
Child prostitution
2
Child soldiers
19
Children's rights
196
Children-at-risk
108
Chin
2
Chinese
21
Christian
364
Citizenship / Nationality law
95
Civil and political rights
24
Civil rights legislation
1
Civil war
12
Climate change (including environmental migrants)
10
Combatants / Former combatants
64
Communal conflict / Social conflict
3
Complementary forms of protection
272
Confidentiality
10
Conflict resolution
1
Conflict situation
27
Constitutional law
49
Contemporary forms of slavery
10
Convention against Torture (CAT)
115
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
4
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD)
1
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
18
Convention refugee
85
Copts
23
Corruption
35
Country of origin information (COI)
1,156
Coup d'état
12
Credibility assessment
960
Crime prevention
13
Crimes against humanity
344
Crimes against peace
3
Criminal justice
636
Croats
5
Cumulative grounds of persecution
8
Customary law
2
Dalit
2
Darfuri
7
Darod
4
Death in custody
1
Death penalty
63
Death squads
2
Decision on admissibility
121
Demobilization / Disarmament
4
Democracy
6
Denial of nationality
34
Denial of refugee status
422
Deportation / Forcible return
1,817
Dera Sacha Sauda
4
Derivative status
31
Dioula
3
Diplomatic assurances
43
Diplomatic asylum
3
Diplomatic protection
1
Disappeared persons
51
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity
260
Domestic violence
121
Drug trafficking
69
EU Qualification Directive
81
Economic, social and cultural rights
48
Effective protection
191
Effective remedy
261
Election law
2
Elections
40
Emergency legislation
3
Emigrants
1
Endorois
1
Entry / Exit
13
Equal opportunities
21
Equality before the law
37
Eritreans
10
Ethiopians
2
Ethnic cleansing
61
Evangelical
13
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports)
980
Exceptional leave to remain (ELR)
52
Exclusion clauses
239
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
87
Exiles
1
Expedited procedures
20
Expulsion
399
Extended definition
3
Extradition
158
Extrajudicial executions
26
Extreme poverty
5
False documents
67
Falun Gong
120
Family law
20
Family reunification
281
Female genital mutilation (FGM)
91
Fijians
1
Flight by land, air or sea
22
Forced labour
27
Forced marriage
57
Forced relocation
2
Forced sterilization / Abortion
20
Foreign occupation
2
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment
1,234
Freedom of assembly and association
40
Freedom of conscience
24
Freedom of expression
236
Freedom of information
5
Freedom of movement
50
Freedom of religion
110
Freedom of speech
178
Fresh / New claim
75
Fulani
1
Fur
3
Ga
1
Gagauz
1
Gang related violence
38
Gender discrimination
31
Gender-based persecution
85
Generalized violence
21
Genocide
141
Gio
1
Good governance
1
Gross, systematic and large-scale
8
Grounds for persecution
123
Group / Prima facie determination
1
HIV and AIDS
70
Habeas corpus
75
Habitual residence
19
Haitians
5
Han
3
Hare Krishna
1
Harmful traditional practices
9
Hazara
51
Hema
2
Hijacking
4
Hindu
45
Hmong
3
Honour killings
32
Housing, land and property rights (HLP)
96
Huang Jiao
1
Hui
1
Human rights activists
41
Human rights and fundamental freedoms
114
Human rights courts
15
Human rights law
25
Human rights monitors
2
Humanitarian assistance
1
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay)
15
Hungarians
3
Hutus
12
IDP camps
11
Ibo
4
Iko
1
Illegal entry
161
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants
68
Illegitimate children
12
Immigrants
10
Immigration Detention
410
Immigration control after entry
4
Immigration law
110
Immunity
6
Impunity
5
Inclusion clauses
4
Independence of judiciary
49
Indians
11
Indigenous persons
12
Ingush
3
Integration
1
Internal armed conflict
92
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA)
570
Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
99
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
3
International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW)
1
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
35
International armed conflict
17
International courts and tribunals
96
International criminal law
35
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions
77
International protection
26
Involuntary repatriation
37
Iranians
1
Ismaili
1
Issaq
2
Jehovah's Witness
43
Jew
15
Jurisdiction
115
Juvenile justice system
3
Kachin
2
Karen
4
Kasaians
1
Kashmiris
1
Kikuyu
2
Kisii
1
Korani
1
Koreans
7
Kosovar
27
Kurd
161
Kusasi
1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
1
Lari
1
Law of the sea
1
Laws relating to religion
13
Legal representation / Legal aid
98
Lendu
2
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)
304
Livelihoods
12
Lorosae
1
Luo
2
Madhiban
3
Malinke / Mandingo
1
Mandate status
15
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims
107
Maronite
1
Massaleit
2
Maternal and child health care
3
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2
Memoranda of understanding (MOU)
3
Mental harm
1
Mental health
165
Mentally disadvantaged persons
12
Mercenaries
1
Messianic Jews
2
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2
Midgan
2
Migrant rights
9
Migrants
22
Military courts
7
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7
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5
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320
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39
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22
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1
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1
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1
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6
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39
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107
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104
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31
Ndebele
1
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2
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296
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3
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670
Nuba
3
Ogaden
1
Older persons
6
One-child policy / Family planning
45
Opposition
66
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2
Oromo
17
Orthodox Christian
12
Palestinian
77
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13
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101
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7
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5
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1
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10
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15
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33
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1,950
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258
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230
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24
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2
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34
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19
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75
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201
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71
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232
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21
Polygamy
3
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70
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30
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64
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1
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9
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197
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2
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55
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12
Prosecution vs persecution
164
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30
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1
Protestant
5
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12
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109
Punjabis
17
Quan Yin
1
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598
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3
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13
Readmission
2
Reception
80
Reconciliation
1
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1
Refoulement
230
Refugee / Asylum law
123
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27
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7
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7
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193
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3
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160
Refugees sur place
18
Regional instruments
139
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17
Reintegration
1
Rejected asylum-seekers
261
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14
Religious discrimination
124
Religious persecution (including forced conversion)
951
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8
Resettlement
20
Residence permits / Residency
189
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13
Returnees
33
Right to a nationality
30
Right to development
2
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82
Right to employment
125
Right to family life
608
Right to food
6
Right to health
45
Right to justice
134
Right to leave
1
Right to liberty and security
308
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217
Right to registration at birth
11
Right to return
5
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31
Right to self-determination
4
Rights of non-citizens
36
Rohingya (Arakanese)
8
Roma
90
Romanians
2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness
447
Russians
8
Rwandans
3
Sabean Mandean
3
Safe country of origin
54
Safe third country
268
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2
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3
Samoan
1
Scientologist
1
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3
Security forces
17
Security situation
82
Serb
19
Serious non-political crime
68
Seventh Day Adventist
1
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)
189
Sexual and reproductive rights
28
Shamanism
1
Shan
2
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14
Sheikhal
1
Shia
99
Sikh
40
Sindhis
2
Single heads of household
24
Single procedure
45
Sinhalese
8
Smuggling of persons
17
Social group discrimination
78
Social group persecution
867
Somalis
4
Soyot
1
Spontaneous return
2
Standard of proof
114
State of emergency
4
State protection
419
Statelessness
223
Statelessness Determination Procedures
24
Stowaways
2
Sunni
41
Sur place persecution
68
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking
14
Suspensive effect
32
Tajik
14
Tamil
237
Taoist
3
Tatars
1
Temporary admission
35
Temporary protection
18
Terrorism
273
Threats / Intimidation
36
Tibetan
12
Tigreans
2
Torture
57
Trafficking in persons
78
Transgression of social / cultural norms
55
Transit
7
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws)
7
Travel documents
54
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations
35
Tuni Torre
1
Turkmen
1
Tutsis
106
UNHCR mandate
15
UNRWA
7
Uighur
15
Ukrainians
8
Unaccompanied / Separated children
126
Unification Church
1
Unlawful departure
75
Urban refugees
3
Uzbek
17
Visas
273
Voluntary repatriation
13
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132
Wayuú
1
Well-founded fear of persecution
406
Widowed persons
3
Witchcraft
1
Withdrawal of nationality
29
Witnesses
106
Women's rights
21
Women-at-risk
183
Work permits
27
Yazīdī
6
Yibir
2
Yoruba
5
Zoroastrian
4
Zulus
1
1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
144
1951 Refugee Convention
33
1954 Statelessness Convention
2
1961 European Social Charter
1
1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
9
1969 American Convention on Human Rights
3
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1
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4
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4
2003 Dublin II Regulation (EU)
3
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12
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6
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14
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23
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9
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