Country Reports

Reports covering a general or specific human rights situation in a country of origin. May include reports on the situation of asylum-seekers or refugees in countries of asylum.

Afghanistan 847
Albania 179
Algeria 165
American Samoa 1
Andorra 43
Angola 135
Anguilla 2
Antigua and Barbuda 15
Argentina 93
Armenia 167
Aruba 5
Australia 72
Austria 97
Azerbaijan 213
Bahamas 22
Bahrain 108
Bangladesh 209
Barbados 17
Belarus 164
Belgium 103
Belize 24
Benin 32
Bermuda 2
Bhutan 25
Bolivia 68
Bosnia and Herzegovina 331
Botswana 26
Brazil 118
British Virgin Islands 2
Brunei Darussalam 14
Bulgaria 161
Burkina Faso 37
Burundi 267
Cambodia 142
Cameroon 92
Canada 60
Cape Verde 9
Cayman Islands 2
Central African Republic 184
Chad 126
Chile 72
China 355
Colombia 303
Comoros 16
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 591
Congo, Republic of the 48
Cook Islands 7
Costa Rica 34
Côte d'Ivoire 217
Croatia 196
Cuba 107
Cyprus 155
Czech Republic 114
Denmark 68
Djibouti 27
Dominica 12
Dominican Republic 47
Ecuador 84
Egypt 217
El Salvador 88
Equatorial Guinea 37
Eritrea 177
Estonia 66
Eswatini 22
Ethiopia 265
Fiji 36
Finland 85
France 137
French Guiana 1
Gabon 19
Gambia 50
Georgia 271
Germany 129
Ghana 68
Gibraltar 2
Greece 158
Grenada 12
Guadeloupe 2
Guatemala 165
Guinea 95
Guinea-Bissau 100
Guyana 28
Haiti 175
Holy See (Vatican City State) 1
Honduras 100
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 19
Hungary 130
Iceland 32
India 234
Indonesia 287
Iran, Islamic Republic of 467
Iraq 787
Ireland 75
Israel 311
Italy 163
Jamaica 76
Japan 58
Jordan 135
Kazakhstan 130
Kenya 240
Kiribati 13
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 123
Korea, Republic of 67
Kuwait 114
Kyrgyzstan 148
Lao People's Democratic Republic 43
Latvia 90
Lebanon 277
Lesotho 24
Liberia 190
Libya 199
Liechtenstein 35
Lithuania 76
Luxembourg 39
Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 8
Madagascar 36
Malawi 41
Malaysia 86
Maldives 26
Mali 105
Malta 72
Marshall Islands 9
Martinique 2
Mauritania 50
Mauritius 29
Mexico 221
Micronesia, Federated States of 8
Moldova, Republic of 148
Monaco 30
Mongolia 35
Montenegro 205
Montserrat 2
Morocco 103
Mozambique 43
Myanmar 388
Namibia 37
Nauru 20
Nepal 213
Netherlands 88
Netherlands Antilles 5
New Zealand 21
Nicaragua 48
Niger 51
Nigeria 278
Niue 1
North Macedonia 171
Norway 64
Oman 32
Pakistan 376
Palau 8
Palestine, State of 397
Panama 40
Papua New Guinea 45
Paraguay 44
Peru 102
Philippines 136
Poland 120
Portugal 84
Puerto Rico 3
Qatar 45
Romania 146
Russian Federation 464
Rwanda 176
Saint Kitts and Nevis 16
Saint Lucia 14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18
Samoa 10
San Marino 35
Sao Tome and Principe 16
Saudi Arabia 103
Senegal 73
Serbia 534
Seychelles 15
Sierra Leone 186
Singapore 27
Slovakia 106
Slovenia 80
Solomon Islands 16
Somalia 402
South Africa 107
South Sudan 171
Spain 142
Sri Lanka 308
Sudan 577
Suriname 18
Sweden 98
Switzerland 100
Syrian Arab Republic 568
Tajikistan 109
Tanzania, United Republic of 75
Thailand 165
Timor-Leste (East Timor) 126
Togo 47
Tonga 12
Trinidad and Tobago 23
Tunisia 122
Türkiye 397
Turkmenistan 89
Turks and Caicos Islands 1
Tuvalu 12
U.S. Virgin Islands 1
Uganda 209
Ukraine 299
United Arab Emirates 64
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 238
United States of America 336
Uruguay 38
Uzbekistan 168
Vanuatu 9
Venezuela 106
Viet Nam 120
Western Sahara Territory 70
Yemen 167
Zambia 41
Zimbabwe 195

1951 Refugee Convention 57
1969 OAU Convention 1
Abduction 296
Abkhazians 20
Aborigine 6
Abuse of psychiatry 34
Access to procedures 188
Access to water 87
Acehnese 5
Acholi 2
Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
Acts of persecution 6
Adivasis 7
Administrative courts 19
Administrative law 10
Admission quotas 1
Adoption 8
Adygey 1
Afars 12
Africans 47
Afro-Colombians 7
Age discrimination 5
Agents of persecution 2
Ahmadis 35
Ahwazi 5
Aimaq 2
Ainu 1
Airports 10
Ajarians 2
Aka 2
Alawi 9
Albanians 16
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 29
Alevis 4
Aliens 8
Altai 1
Amazonian Indians 10
Amhara 2
Andaman Islanders 1
Anglican 3
Animist 24
Anti-terrorism law 70
Anuak 7
Aostans 1
Apartheid 4
Appeal / Right to appeal 33
Arabs 74
Arará 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 1,044
Arhuaco 1
Armed attacks on camps 25
Armed forces / Military 691
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1,100
Armenian 39
Arrival 5
Ashaninka 1
Ashanti 1
Ashkaelian 24
Ashraf 2
Assamese 3
Assemblies of God 1
Assyrians 12
Asylum policy 78
Asylum-migration nexus 33
Asylum-seekers 719
Atheist / Agnostic 3
Avars 4
Awá 1
Aymara 2
Ayoreo 2
Azeri 22
Baganda 1
Baha'i 39
Bail 6
Bajuni 6
Bakhtiari 2
Bakongo 2
Balkars 1
Baluchis 23
Bamileke 1
Bantu 8
Banyarwanda 2
Baptist 8
Barabaig 1
Bari 2
Basarwa 2
Bashkirs 1
Basongora 1
Basques 5
Basters 2
Batak 1
Batwa 8
Bedoon 20
Beja 2
Belarusians 6
Bemba 1
Benadiri 6
Bengalis 1
Berber 16
Berti 1
Bihari 10
Blood feuds 18
Bodos 1
Border conflict 105
Border controls 51
Border crossers 21
Bosnian 15
Bouganvilleans 2
Bubi 1
Buddhist 65
Bulgarians 4
Burakumin 1
Burden of proof 3
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 23
Buryat 2
Cabinda 3
Caferis 1
Camp management 22
Capacity building of state institutions 32
Caribs 5
Carrier sanctions 1
Catholic 37
Ceasefire 101
Celts 5
Cessation clauses 9
Chaldean 7
Cham 4
Changes of circumstances in home country 2
Chechen 54
Cherkess 1
Child labour 156
Child prostitution 68
Child soldiers 289
Children's rights 935
Children-at-risk 674
Chin 8
Chinese 21
Chittagong Hill Tribes 10
Christian 214
Chukchi 1
Chuvash 1
Circassians 6
Citizenship / Nationality law 63
Civil and political rights 332
Civil rights legislation 9
Civil war 158
Civilian character of asylum 6
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 23
Combatants / Former combatants 109
Communal conflict / Social conflict 214
Community development 7
Complementary forms of protection 7
Confidentiality 2
Conflict prevention 42
Conflict resolution 361
Conflict situation 576
Constitutional law 146
Contemporary forms of slavery 55
Convention against Torture (CAT) 136
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 140
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 43
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 208
Copts 13
Corruption 427
Corsicans 2
Cossacks 1
Country of origin information (COI) 70
Coup d'état 72
Credibility assessment 2
Creoles 6
Crime prevention 24
Crimean Tatars 18
Crimes against humanity 128
Crimes against peace 7
Criminal justice 607
Croats 13
Customary law 11
Czechs 5
Dalit 6
Danes 1
Darfuri 7
Dargins 1
Darod 1
Dayaks 3
Death in custody 125
Death penalty 456
Death squads 21
Demobilization / Disarmament 170
Democracy 82
Denial of nationality 19
Denial of refugee status 3
Deportation / Forcible return 149
Derivative status 1
Dinka 6
Diolas 2
Dioula 2
Diplomatic assurances 1
Diplomatic asylum 1
Disappeared persons 507
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 877
Dolgan 1
Domestic violence 251
Drug trafficking 106
Druze 10
EU Qualification Directive 1
East Caprivians 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 550
Effective protection 38
Effective remedy 323
Egyptians 24
Election law 23
Elections 669
Embargo 36
Embera 2
Emergency legislation 8
Emigrants 27
Endorois 3
Entry / Exit 107
Entry into force 1
Enxet 2
Equal opportunities 17
Equality before the law 31
Eritreans 16
Ethiopians 5
Ethnic cleansing 33
Evacuation 7
Evangelical 17
Evenk 1
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 35
Ewe 3
Exclusion clauses 9
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 2
Exiles 32
Expedited procedures 5
Expulsion 37
Extradition 18
Extrajudicial executions 713
Extreme poverty 121
False documents 54
Falun Gong 17
Family law 29
Family reunification 69
Faroese 1
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 146
Fijians 3
Filipinos 2
Finno-Ugric 10
Flight by land, air or sea 8
Forced labour 105
Forced marriage 122
Forced relocation 23
Forced sterilization / Abortion 20
Foreign occupation 213
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 1,987
Freedom of assembly and association 793
Freedom of conscience 49
Freedom of expression 1,711
Freedom of information 732
Freedom of movement 560
Freedom of religion 480
Freedom of speech 463
French 2
Frisians 5
Friulians 1
Fulani 10
Fur 7
Gaboye 4
Gagauz 4
Gang related violence 45
Garinagu 4
Gender discrimination 397
Gender mainstreaming 32
Gender-based persecution 198
Generalized violence 24
Genocide 72
Germans 12
Good governance 630
Good offices 7
Greeks 12
Gross, systematic and large-scale 43
Group / Prima facie determination 1
Guambiano 1
Guaraní / Mbyá 3
Guaymi 1
Gujaratis 4
HIV and AIDS 228
Habeas corpus 16
Habitual residence 1
Hadza 1
Haitians 18
Han 3
Haratin 2
Harmful traditional practices 98
Hazara 28
Himba 1
Hindu 49
Hmong 30
Honamese 1
Honour killings 91
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 567
Huaorani 1
Hui 3
Human Rights Council 974
Human rights activists 585
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 2,569
Human rights courts 38
Human rights law 38
Human rights monitors 180
Humanitarian assistance 462
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 9
Hungarians 10
Hutus 12
IDP camps 93
Iban 2
Ibo 2
Igorots 2
Ijaw 2
Illegal entry 13
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 77
Illegitimate children 5
Ilois 1
Immigrants 91
Immigration Detention 237
Immigration control after entry 9
Immigration law 18
Immunity 18
Impunity 730
Independence of judiciary 506
Indians 9
Indigenous persons 274
Ingush 13
Integration 169
Internal armed conflict 720
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 109
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1,388
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 18
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 93
International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 31
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 194
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 126
International armed conflict 140
International courts and tribunals 72
International criminal law 28
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 189
International protection 41
Inuit 4
Involuntary repatriation 23
Iranians 6
Ismaili 6
Issaq 1
Jain 4
Japanese 2
Jehovah's Witness 32
Jew 94
Jurisdiction 4
Juvenile justice system 46
Kabards 2
Kabre 1
Kachin 15
Kadazans 2
Kalenjin 3
Kalmyks 2
Kankuamo 1
Karachay 2
Karakalpaks 1
Karamojong 3
Karelians 1
Karelians 4
Karen 19
Kariña 1
Kasaians 1
Kashmiris 5
Kayapó 1
Kazakhs 3
Kewri 1
Khakass 1
Khants 1
Khmer 12
Khmer Krom 2
Khmer Leou 2
Kikuyu 3
Kirdi 1
Kisii 2
Komi 1
Komi-Permyaks 1
Konkomba 1
Koreans 17
Koryaks 1
Kosovar 25
Krou 1
Kuchi 6
Kumyks 3
Kuna 1
Kunama 6
Kurd 232
Labour law 25
Ladins 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 84
Lao Sung 1
Lao Tai 1
Lao Theung 1
Lari 1
Law of the sea 2
Laws relating to religion 33
Laz 2
Legal representation / Legal aid 247
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 469
Lezgin 4
Lhotshampas 1
Limba 2
Livelihoods 131
Location of camps 5
Luba 1
Luhya 2
Lunda, Yeke 1
Luo 2
Lutheran 4
M'boshi 1
Maasai 3
Macedonians 8
Madhesis 1
Madhiban 16
Magyars 1
Makuxi 2
Malays 9
Malinke / Mandingo 2
Mansi 1
Maori 3
Mapuche 5
Mari 1
Maronite 6
Maskoy 1
Mass exodus 20
Massaleit 2
Maternal and child health care 106
Mayans 5
Mbororo 2
Medical screening 17
Melanesians 3
Mende 1
Mennonite 2
Mental harm 1
Mental health 167
Mentally disadvantaged persons 37
Mercenaries 13
Merina 1
Meskhetians 7
Messianic Jews 5
Methodist 1
Micronesians 1
Midgan 3
Migrant rights 180
Migrants 411
Military courts 77
Military law 38
Military operations 363
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 282
Minorities 1,244
Minority rights 419
Mizos 2
Mohajirs 11
Moluccans 1
Mon 16
Mongols 7
Montagnards 19
Montenegrin 4
Moravian 1
Mordovans 1
Moros 1
Mossi-Dagomba 1
Multiple nationality 15
Murut 2
Muslim 397
Nagas 2
Nambiquara 1
National security / Public order 95
Naturalization 14
Ndebele 6
Nenets 1
Nepalis 7
Ngbandi 2
Nogai 1
Nomads 31
Non-refoulement 89
Non-self-governing territories 6
Non-state agents of persecution 167
Nuba 8
Nuer 6
Nukak 1
Nuristanis 5
Occitans 2
Ogaden 2
Older persons 46
One-child policy / Family planning 12
Opposition 398
Orang Asli 1
Orderly return 15
Oromo 9
Orthodox Christian 37
Ossetians (South) 7
Ovimbundu 2
Paez 1
Palestinian 210
Pamiris 1
Panjshiris 2
Papuans 8
Pashtun 17
Passports 68
Pastoralists 20
Peace agreements 270
Peace process 292
Peacekeeping 519
Pemón 1
Pentecostal 10
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 81
Persecution based on nationality 17
Persecution based on political opinion 449
Persecution of family members 44
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 282
Persons not in need of international protection 11
Persons of concern to UNHCR 50
Persons with disabilities 256
Physical harm 4
Piracy 21
Poles 9
Police 630
Political asylum 1
Political groups 329
Political parties 737
Political situation 2,314
Polygamy 20
Polynesians 4
Pomaks 3
Population transfers 1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 15
Pre-entry procedures 1
Pre-trial detention 287
Presbyterian 2
Prevention of discrimination 113
Prison or detention conditions 1,087
Prisoners of war 7
Proof of nationality 7
Property restitution 41
Prosecution vs persecution 21
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 65
Protection of camps 11
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 425
Protestant 38
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 132
Public health 292
Punjabis 4
Quechua 3
Racial / Ethnic persecution 275
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 185
Raizals 1
Rapanui 1
Rastafarian 1
Re-entry 2
Readmission 1
Reception 153
Reconciliation 143
Referendum 52
Refoulement 59
Refugee / Asylum law 48
Refugee camps 122
Refugee identity documents 21
Refugee seamen 21
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 167
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 2
Refugees 1,262
Refugees sur place 4
Regional instruments 7
Registration 41
Reintegration 84
Rejected asylum-seekers 51
Rejection at border 12
Religious discrimination 235
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 201
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 16
Reservation 8
Resettlement 78
Residence permits / Residency 56
Return conditions 187
Returnees 303
Right to a nationality 76
Right to development 8
Right to education 577
Right to employment 270
Right to family life 49
Right to food 110
Right to health 297
Right to justice 242
Right to leave 8
Right to liberty and security 140
Right to life 198
Right to registration at birth 63
Right to return 55
Right to seek asylum 48
Right to self-determination 152
Rights of non-citizens 98
Rohingya (Arakanese) 62
Roma 352
Romanians 3
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 842
Russians 40
Rwandans 3
Ryukyuans 1
Sabean Mandean 11
Sabians 2
Safe country of origin 4
Safe third country 17
Saharawis 11
Salafi 21
Sale of children 31
Samaritans 1
Sami 31
San Bushmen 8
Sanctions 136
Sandzak 5
Sardinians 2
Scientologist 1
Secondary movement 18
Security forces 842
Security situation 2,082
Senoufo 1
Serb 33
Serious non-political crime 4
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 1,091
Sexual and reproductive rights 120
Shabak 16
Shamanism 12
Shan 21
Sharia law 47
Sheikhal 1
Shia 139
Shuar 2
Sikh 29
Sindhis 4
Single heads of household 8
Single procedure 4
Sinhalese 10
Slavs 33
Slovaks 5
Slovenes 3
Small arms 18
Smuggling of persons 24
Social group discrimination 127
Social group persecution 40
Somalis 52
Sorbs 1
Spontaneous return 31
Standard of proof 1
State of emergency 77
State protection 172
Statelessness 274
Statelessness Determination Procedures 25
Sufi 20
Sunni 141
Sur place persecution 2
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 209
Susu 1
Tajik 15
Talysh 2
Tamil 73
Taoist 4
Tatars 24
Temne 1
Temporary admission 5
Temporary protection 16
Terrorism 1,440
Threats / Intimidation 14
Tibetan 41
Tigreans 5
Tikuna 1
Tiv 1
Toba 1
Torres Strait Islanders 3
Torture 329
Trafficking in persons 645
Transgression of social / cultural norms 7
Transit 5
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 159
Travel documents 25
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 40
Tripuras 1
Tuareg 19
Tukano 2
Turkmen 36
Turks 22
Tutsis 14
Tuvinians 2
U'wa 1
UNHCR mandate 2
Udmurts 1
Uighur 28
Ukrainians 19
Unaccompanied / Separated children 181
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1,323
Unlawful departure 3
Urban refugees 32
Urueu-Wau-Wau 1
Uzbek 30
Veddhas 2
Vietnamese 4
Visas 36
Vlachs 5
Voluntary repatriation 116
Wapixana 2
War crimes 143
Warao 2
Wayeyi 1
Wayuú 2
Well-founded fear of persecution 5
Wichi / Mataco 1
Widowed persons 4
Witchcraft 13
Withdrawal of nationality 8
Witnesses 58
Women's rights 1,001
Women-at-risk 486
Work permits 12
Xhosa 1
Yabarana 1
Yakut 2
Yanomami 2
Yazīdī 34
Yekuana 1
Yibir 1
Yoruba 1
Yukpa 1
Zanzibaris 2
Zapotecs 1
Zomi (Chin) 1
Zoroastrian 29
Zulus 2

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UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Malawi – UPR 36th Session (2019) October 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Maldives – UPR 36th Session (2019) October 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Panama – UPR 36th Session (2019) October 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
COI Note on the Treatment of Women with Children Born out of Wedlock in Syria 30 September 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Grenada – UPR 35th Session (2019) July 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Armenia – UPR 35th Session (2019) July 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Guyana – UPR 35th Session (2019) July 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Kenya – UPR 35th Session (2019) July 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Kyrgyzstan – UPR 35th Session (2019) July 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Lesotho – UPR 35th Session (2019) July 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports

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