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1951 Refugee Convention 2
Abduction 128
Abkhazians 50
Abuse of psychiatry 38
Access to procedures 20
Access to water 2
Acts of persecution 3
Administrative courts 2
Administrative law 3
Admission quotas 4
Adoption 18
Adygey 2
Africans 2
Age discrimination 1
Ahmadis 1
Airports 33
Alawi 3
Albanians 2
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 3
Aliens 1
Altai 2
Amazonian Indians 1
Anglican 1
Animist 8
Anti-terrorism law 19
Appeal / Right to appeal 11
Arbitrary arrest and detention 221
Armed attacks on camps 6
Armed forces / Military 697
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 649
Armenian 26
Assyrians 3
Asylum policy 9
Asylum-migration nexus 5
Asylum-seekers 77
Avars 18
Azeri 13
Baha'i 8
Bail 1
Balkars 10
Baptist 30
Barabaig 1
Bashkirs 11
Batwa 1
Bedoon 2
Belarusians 3
Bihari 1
Blood feuds 1
Border conflict 51
Border controls 35
Border crossers 10
Buddhist 36
Bulgarians 1
Burden of proof 2
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
Buryat 8
Capacity building of state institutions 1
Carrier sanctions 2
Catholic 45
Ceasefire 132
Cessation clauses 3
Chechen 684
Cherkess 3
Child labour 24
Child prostitution 19
Child soldiers 13
Children's rights 85
Children-at-risk 82
Chin 1
Chinese 2
Christian 99
Christian Scientist 1
Chukchi 2
Chuvash 8
Circassians 106
Citizenship / Nationality law 9
Civil and political rights 160
Civil rights legislation 1
Civil war 70
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 4
Combatants / Former combatants 10
Communal conflict / Social conflict 80
Complementary forms of protection 5
Confidentiality 2
Conflict prevention 5
Conflict resolution 31
Conflict situation 121
Constitutional law 2
Contemporary forms of slavery 5
Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 8
Copts 1
Corruption 242
Cossacks 50
Country of origin information (COI) 28
Coup d'état 18
Credibility assessment 11
Crime prevention 1
Crimean Tatars 113
Crimes against humanity 6
Crimes against peace 1
Criminal justice 162
Dalit 1
Dargins 8
Death in custody 40
Death penalty 66
Death squads 3
Decision on admissibility 6
Demobilization / Disarmament 15
Democracy 37
Denial of nationality 2
Denial of refugee status 2
Deportation / Forcible return 130
Derivative status 1
Diplomatic assurances 3
Disappeared persons 124
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 288
Dolgan 1
Domestic violence 51
Drug trafficking 18
Druze 2
Economic, social and cultural rights 56
Effective protection 8
Effective remedy 78
Election law 2
Elections 354
Embargo 7
Emigrants 13
Entry / Exit 7
Equal opportunities 1
Equality before the law 8
Eritreans 1
Ethiopians 4
Ethnic cleansing 3
Evacuation 9
Evangelical 10
Evenk 1
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 16
Exclusion clauses 3
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 14
Exiles 14
Expedited procedures 1
Expulsion 62
Extradition 136
Extrajudicial executions 147
Extreme poverty 3
False documents 7
Falun Gong 13
Family law 2
Family reunification 7
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 12
Finno-Ugric 8
Flight by land, air or sea 8
Forced labour 43
Forced marriage 14
Forced relocation 2
Forced sterilization / Abortion 2
Foreign occupation 103
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 332
Freedom of assembly and association 510
Freedom of conscience 45
Freedom of expression 1,360
Freedom of information 702
Freedom of movement 102
Freedom of religion 574
Freedom of speech 381
Fulani 4
Gagauz 2
Gang related violence 7
Gender discrimination 38
Gender mainstreaming 3
Gender-based persecution 5
Generalized violence 5
Genocide 13
Germans 11
Good governance 139
Grounds for persecution 2
HIV and AIDS 44
Habeas corpus 4
Habitual residence 2
Hadza 1
Han 2
Hare Krishna 24
Harmful traditional practices 6
Hijacking 1
Himba 1
Hindu 14
Hmong 2
Honour killings 7
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 60
Hui 1
Human Rights Council 19
Human rights activists 503
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 274
Human rights courts 34
Human rights law 8
Human rights monitors 183
Humanitarian assistance 56
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 3
IDP camps 2
Illegal entry 4
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 18
Immigrants 28
Immigration Detention 55
Immigration control after entry 2
Immigration law 8
Immunity 4
Impunity 105
Income-generating projects 1
Independence of judiciary 66
Indigenous persons 37
Ingush 149
Integration 13
Internal armed conflict 851
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 22
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 134
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 5
International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 2
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 8
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 6
International armed conflict 33
International courts and tribunals 38
International criminal law 8
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 23
International protection 6
Inuit 2
Involuntary repatriation 2
Jehovah's Witness 159
Jew 97
Jurisdiction 2
Juvenile justice system 5
Kabards 15
Kachin 4
Kalmyks 3
Karachay 18
Karelians 1
Karen 2
Kazakhs 4
Khakass 11
Khants 1
Komi 11
Komi-Permyaks 1
Koreans 5
Koryaks 1
Kosovar 4
Kumyks 9
Kurd 35
Labour law 2
Laks 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 20
Law of the sea 2
Laws relating to religion 34
Legal representation / Legal aid 19
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 301
Lezgin 10
Livelihoods 6
Luo 1
Lutheran 7
Maasai 1
Mandate status 2
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 4
Mansi 1
Mari 1
Maronite 2
Mass exodus 1
Maternal and child health care 6
Mennonite 2
Mental health 19
Mentally disadvantaged persons 5
Mercenaries 8
Meskhetians 5
Messianic Jews 2
Methodist 8
Migrant rights 35
Migrants 157
Military courts 17
Military law 4
Military operations 284
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 136
Minorities 180
Minority rights 29
Mon 1
Mongols 2
Montagnards 1
Mordovans 1
Mormon 14
Multiple nationality 9
Muslim 411
National security / Public order 63
Naturalization 9
Nenets 1
Nepalis 2
Nogai 8
Nomads 3
Non-refoulement 23
Non-self-governing territories 16
Non-state agents of persecution 13
Nuer 2
Older persons 24
Opposition 496
Orang Asli 1
Orderly return 1
Oromo 2
Orthodox Christian 116
Ossetians (South) 87
Palestinian 26
Passports 29
Peace agreements 42
Peace process 137
Peacekeeping 58
Pentecostal 19
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 34
Persecution based on nationality 8
Persecution based on political opinion 172
Persecution of family members 11
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 139
Persons of concern to UNHCR 4
Persons with disabilities 56
Physical harm 2
Piracy 9
Poles 2
Police 255
Political asylum 20
Political groups 53
Political parties 154
Political situation 544
Polygamy 4
Population transfers 1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 4
Pre-trial detention 62
Presbyterian 2
Prevention of discrimination 3
Prison or detention conditions 159
Prisoners of war 82
Proof of nationality 3
Property restitution 3
Prosecution vs persecution 24
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 17
Protection of camps 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 73
Protestant 56
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 339
Public health 49
Racial / Ethnic persecution 168
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 22
Readmission 2
Reception 2
Reconciliation 5
Referendum 35
Refoulement 14
Refugee / Asylum law 13
Refugee camps 21
Refugee identity documents 4
Refugee seamen 7
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 12
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 5
Refugees 152
Regional instruments 10
Registration 12
Reintegration 2
Rejected asylum-seekers 14
Rejection at border 8
Religious discrimination 285
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 122
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 9
Residence permits / Residency 70
Return conditions 6
Returnees 19
Right to a nationality 71
Right to development 2
Right to education 28
Right to employment 19
Right to family life 25
Right to food 3
Right to health 30
Right to justice 23
Right to leave 9
Right to liberty and security 65
Right to life 60
Right to registration at birth 7
Right to return 19
Right to seek asylum 11
Right to self-determination 54
Rights of non-citizens 11
Rohingya (Arakanese) 8
Roma 37
Romanians 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 177
Russians 123
Safe country of origin 13
Safe third country 12
Salafi 51
Sale of children 8
Sami 9
San Bushmen 1
Sanctions 154
Scientologist 10
Security forces 289
Security situation 739
Serb 5
Serious non-political crime 17
Seventh Day Adventist 5
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 74
Sexual and reproductive rights 11
Shabak 2
Shamanism 10
Shan 3
Sharia law 13
Shia 39
Sikh 1
Sindhis 2
Single heads of household 2
Single procedure 4
Slavs 10
Small arms 12
Smuggling of persons 3
Social group discrimination 31
Social group persecution 15
Soyot 1
Spontaneous return 2
Standard of proof 2
State of emergency 16
State protection 20
Statelessness 40
Statelessness Determination Procedures 3
Sufi 30
Sunni 62
Sur place persecution 1
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 7
Suspensive effect 4
Tajik 14
Tamil 1
Taoist 1
Tatars 283
Temporary admission 7
Temporary protection 7
Terrorism 649
Threats / Intimidation 43
Tibetan 7
Tiv 2
Torture 102
Trafficking in persons 75
Transit 4
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 13
Travel documents 8
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 8
Tuareg 4
Turkmen 7
Turks 4
Tuvinians 3
Udmurts 1
Uighur 29
Ukrainians 12
Unaccompanied / Separated children 4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 13
Unlawful departure 5
Uzbek 34
Visas 65
Voluntary repatriation 14
War crimes 49
Well-founded fear of persecution 10
Withdrawal of nationality 4
Witnesses 9
Women's rights 87
Women-at-risk 35
Work permits 14
Yakut 4
Yazīdī 5
Zoroastrian 1

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