Annual Reports
Annual reports are published annually by various governments, NGOs and others. They cover country and human rights situations, very often providing a broad overview of many areas rather than concentrating on specific issues.
- Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) 11
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 2
- Amnesty International 3,960
- Article 19 5
- Asylum Access 1
- Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers 2
- Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement 2
- Child Soldiers International 548
- Committee to Protect Journalists 4,598
- Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights 3
- Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture 7
- Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers 8
- Council of Europe: European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) 7
- Council of Europe: Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 3
- Denmark: Supreme Court 1
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) 1
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles 3
- European Migration Network (EMN) 2
- European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union 2
- European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights 10
- European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) 7
- European Union: European Commission 6
- Freedom House 7,944
- Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack 58
- Human Rights Watch 2,091
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) 18
- Inter-Parliamentary Union 1
- International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) 1
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 601
- International Detention Coalition 1
- International Federation for Human Rights 621
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) 371
- International Labour Organization (ILO) 5
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) 53
- International Trade Union Confederation 1,110
- Ireland: Supreme Court 1
- Migration Policy Group (MPG) 83
- Minority Rights Group International 833
- National Authorities 1
- Netherlands, The: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2
- Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC) 278
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 4
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI) 3
- REDRESS 1
- Reporters Without Borders 1,016
- Save the Children 8
- Switzerland: Federal Court 1
- Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) 5
- UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 1
- UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) 7
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 11
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 7
- UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 2
- UN Development Programme (UNDP) 2
- UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 2
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) 34
- UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) 3
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 1
- UN General Assembly 24
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 541
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 2
- UN Human Rights Council 61
- UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 1
- UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 5
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 3
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 13
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 4
- UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 2
- UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 1
- UN Secretary-General (UNSG) 6
- UN Security Council 4
- UN World Food Programme (WFP) 3
- UN World Health Organization (WHO) 2
- United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 297
- United Nations 12
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 440
- United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 1,302
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 1
- United States Department of Labor 2,257
- United States Department of State 13,615
- World Organisation Against Torture 5
- Afghanistan 433
- Albania 226
- Algeria 344
- American Samoa 5
- Andorra 74
- Angola 255
- Anguilla 17
- Antigua and Barbuda 107
- Argentina 266
- Armenia 286
- Aruba 13
- Australia 210
- Austria 173
- Azerbaijan 360
- Bahamas 133
- Bahrain 286
- Bangladesh 343
- Barbados 119
- Belarus 297
- Belgium 191
- Belize 149
- Benin 168
- Bermuda 8
- Bhutan 140
- Bolivia 231
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 294
- Botswana 159
- Brazil 340
- British Virgin Islands 18
- Brunei Darussalam 112
- Bulgaria 233
- Burkina Faso 200
- Burundi 287
- Cambodia 270
- Cameroon 230
- Canada 211
- Cape Verde 110
- Cayman Islands 3
- Central African Republic 229
- Chad 260
- Chile 232
- China 696
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands 9
- Colombia 444
- Comoros 129
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 343
- Congo, Republic of the 194
- Cook Islands 25
- Costa Rica 163
- Côte d'Ivoire 262
- Croatia 247
- Cuba 303
- Cyprus 185
- Czech Republic 196
- Denmark 167
- Djibouti 177
- Dominica 101
- Dominican Republic 200
- Ecuador 251
- Egypt 440
- El Salvador 211
- Equatorial Guinea 176
- Eritrea 336
- Estonia 179
- Eswatini 172
- Ethiopia 373
- Falkland Islands 17
- Fiji 170
- Finland 148
- France 253
- French Guiana 5
- French Polynesia 5
- Gabon 158
- Gambia 213
- Georgia 358
- Germany 234
- Ghana 195
- Gibraltar 10
- Greece 227
- Grenada 105
- Guadeloupe 4
- Guam 5
- Guatemala 282
- Guinea 222
- Guinea-Bissau 168
- Guyana 152
- Haiti 254
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 4
- Honduras 263
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 160
- Hungary 224
- Iceland 108
- India 447
- Indonesia 343
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 401
- Iraq 642
- Ireland 167
- Israel 413
- Italy 233
- Jamaica 172
- Japan 207
- Jordan 253
- Kazakhstan 310
- Kenya 313
- Kiribati 107
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 251
- Korea, Republic of 205
- Kuwait 214
- Kyrgyzstan 309
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 202
- Latvia 185
- Lebanon 344
- Lesotho 142
- Liberia 237
- Libya 295
- Liechtenstein 75
- Lithuania 177
- Luxembourg 99
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 89
- Madagascar 151
- Malawi 187
- Malaysia 280
- Maldives 169
- Mali 237
- Malta 126
- Marshall Islands 83
- Martinique 4
- Mauritania 236
- Mauritius 126
- Mexico 369
- Micronesia, Federated States of 89
- Moldova, Republic of 222
- Monaco 75
- Mongolia 156
- Montenegro 224
- Montserrat 17
- Morocco 284
- Mozambique 191
- Myanmar 344
- Namibia 173
- Nauru 89
- Nepal 291
- Netherlands 199
- Netherlands Antilles 11
- New Caledonia 4
- New Zealand 149
- Nicaragua 201
- Niger 217
- Nigeria 348
- Niue 22
- Norfolk Island 11
- North Macedonia 224
- Northern Mariana Islands 6
- Norway 145
- Oman 168
- Pakistan 516
- Palau 85
- Palestine, State of 433
- Panama 191
- Papua New Guinea 179
- Paraguay 215
- Peru 286
- Philippines 441
- Pitcairn 6
- Poland 218
- Portugal 153
- Puerto Rico 42
- Qatar 174
- Romania 217
- Russian Federation 514
- Rwanda 311
- Saint Helena 13
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 97
- Saint Lucia 110
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 110
- Samoa 104
- San Marino 72
- Sao Tome and Principe 90
- Saudi Arabia 331
- Senegal 217
- Serbia 360
- Seychelles 108
- Sierra Leone 232
- Singapore 199
- Slovakia 187
- Slovenia 162
- Solomon Islands 143
- Somalia 414
- South Africa 274
- South Sudan 105
- Spain 217
- Sri Lanka 345
- Sudan 349
- Suriname 137
- Sweden 181
- Switzerland 164
- Syrian Arab Republic 530
- Tajikistan 288
- Tanzania, United Republic of 238
- Thailand 320
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 170
- Togo 192
- Tokelau 16
- Tonga 118
- Trinidad and Tobago 162
- Tunisia 278
- Türkiye 561
- Turkmenistan 279
- Turks and Caicos Islands 19
- Tuvalu 93
- U.S. Virgin Islands 7
- Uganda 309
- Ukraine 312
- United Arab Emirates 204
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 281
- United States of America 220
- Uruguay 181
- Uzbekistan 344
- Vanuatu 99
- Venezuela 299
- Viet Nam 325
- Wallis and Futuna 14
- Western Sahara Territory 141
- Yemen 323
- Zambia 208
- Zimbabwe 279
- 1951 Refugee Convention 4
- Abduction 682
- Abkhazians 20
- Aborigine 20
- Abuse of psychiatry 17
- Access to procedures 496
- Access to water 94
- Acehnese 14
- Acholi 5
- Adivasis 12
- Administrative courts 1
- Admission quotas 12
- Adoption 8
- Afars 4
- Africans 42
- Afro-Colombians 6
- Age discrimination 7
- Agents of persecution 2
- Ahmadis 181
- Ahwazi 8
- Ainu 7
- Airports 57
- Ajarians 1
- Aka 2
- Akhdam 1
- Alawi 32
- Albanians 16
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 95
- Alevis 33
- Aliens 4
- Amazonian Indians 8
- Amhara 2
- Andaman Islanders 1
- Anglican 654
- Animist 478
- Anti-terrorism law 40
- Anuak 2
- Apartheid 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 12
- Arabs 43
- Arará 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 4,817
- Armed attacks on camps 23
- Armed forces / Military 890
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1,909
- Armenian 25
- Ashaninka 1
- Ashkaelian 7
- Assamese 1
- Assemblies of God 233
- Assyrians 22
- Asylum policy 455
- Asylum-migration nexus 19
- Asylum-seekers 1,263
- Awá 2
- Aymara 3
- Azeri 19
- Baganda 1
- Baha'i 1,195
- Bail 11
- Bajuni 1
- Bakongo 1
- Baluchis 27
- Bantu 7
- Banyamulenge 1
- Baptist 785
- Barabaig 2
- Basarwa 8
- Basongora 1
- Basques 13
- Batak 1
- Batwa 32
- Bedoon 38
- Bellah 1
- Benadiri 2
- Bengalis 6
- Berber 16
- Bihari 4
- Birth Certificates 1
- Blood feuds 2
- Bodos 1
- Border conflict 88
- Border controls 132
- Border crossers 12
- Bosnian 4
- Buddhist 911
- Burakumin 5
- Burden of proof 2
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 5
- Cabinda 12
- Caferis 1
- Calvinist 33
- Capacity building of state institutions 14
- Caribs 4
- Carrier sanctions 2
- Catholic 2,052
- Ceasefire 45
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chaldean 53
- Cham 7
- Chechen 36
- Child labour 4,169
- Child prostitution 2,229
- Child soldiers 1,126
- Children's rights 6,593
- Children-at-risk 3,415
- Chin 7
- Chinese 17
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 16
- Christian 2,237
- Christian Scientist 19
- Circassians 3
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 359
- Civil war 43
- Civilian character of asylum 11
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 33
- Combatants / Former combatants 57
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 410
- Community development 6
- Complementary forms of protection 2
- Conflict resolution 42
- Conflict situation 139
- Confucianist 101
- Congregationalist 76
- Contemporary forms of slavery 138
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 9
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 2
- Copts 136
- Corruption 2,814
- Country of origin information (COI) 10
- Coup d'état 99
- Creoles 2
- Crime prevention 4
- Crimean Tatars 22
- Crimes against humanity 91
- Criminal justice 1,776
- Croats 3
- Dalit 44
- Darfuri 4
- Dayaks 2
- Death Certificates 1
- Death in custody 217
- Death penalty 1,023
- Death squads 23
- Demobilization / Disarmament 135
- Democracy 986
- Denial of nationality 11
- Denial of refugee status 6
- Deportation / Forcible return 315
- Dinka 13
- Dioula 1
- Disappeared persons 3,585
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 4,406
- Domestic violence 938
- Drug trafficking 352
- Druze 60
- EU Qualification Directive 15
- East Caprivians 9
- Economic, social and cultural rights 2,626
- Effective protection 409
- Effective remedy 211
- Egyptians 11
- Election law 6
- Elections 3,523
- Embargo 25
- Embera 1
- Emigrants 91
- Endorois 2
- Enxet 1
- Episcopalian 135
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 303
- Eritreans 3
- Ethiopians 5
- Ethnic cleansing 18
- Evacuation 9
- Evangelical 839
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 8
- Exclusion clauses 2
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 106
- Expedited procedures 1
- Expulsion 72
- Extended definition 1
- Extradition 38
- Extrajudicial executions 3,869
- Extreme poverty 138
- False documents 12
- Falun Gong 75
- Family reunification 68
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 332
- Filipinos 1
- Finno-Ugric 2
- Flight by land, air or sea 15
- Forced labour 5,844
- Forced marriage 592
- Forced relocation 95
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 22
- Foreign occupation 74
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 4,259
- Freedom of assembly and association 7,517
- Freedom of conscience 317
- Freedom of expression 16,224
- Freedom of information 6,335
- Freedom of movement 3,808
- Freedom of religion 9,324
- Freedom of speech 3,935
- Fulani 5
- Gaboye 3
- Gang related violence 70
- Garinagu 6
- Gender discrimination 4,158
- Gender mainstreaming 14
- Gender-based persecution 219
- Generalized violence 154
- Genocide 49
- Germans 2
- Good governance 472
- Good offices 1
- Greeks 2
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 23
- Group / Prima facie determination 46
- Guaraní / Mbyá 4
- Guaymi 1
- Gujaratis 3
- HIV and AIDS 645
- Habeas corpus 3
- Hadza 1
- Haitians 26
- Han 3
- Haratin 8
- Hare Krishna 219
- Harmful traditional practices 107
- Hazara 18
- Herero 1
- Himba 3
- Hindu 862
- Hispanic 1
- Hmong 90
- Honour killings 63
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 961
- Huang Jiao 6
- Hui 2
- Human Rights Council 53
- Human rights activists 1,808
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 5,910
- Human rights courts 164
- Human rights law 11
- Human rights monitors 1,327
- Humanitarian assistance 256
- Hungarians 4
- Hutus 15
- IDP camps 35
- Ibo 1
- Igorots 1
- Ijaw 2
- Illegal entry 41
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 176
- Illegitimate children 2
- Immigrants 108
- Immigration Detention 524
- Immigration control after entry 5
- Immigration law 6
- Immunity 12
- Impunity 2,042
- Income-generating projects 5
- Independence of judiciary 1,508
- Indians 2
- Indigenous persons 1,112
- Ingush 4
- Integration 58
- Internal armed conflict 625
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1,363
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1
- International armed conflict 39
- International courts and tribunals 281
- International criminal law 4
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 365
- International protection 596
- Inuit 2
- Involuntary repatriation 21
- Iranians 1
- Ismaili 62
- Jain 36
- Japanese 1
- Jehovah's Witness 1,158
- Jew 1,564
- Jurisdiction 2
- Juvenile justice system 69
- Kachin 13
- Kalenjin 1
- Karachay 1
- Karakalpaks 4
- Karamojong 7
- Karen 25
- Kasaians 1
- Kashmiris 32
- Kayapó 1
- Kazakhs 12
- Khmer 8
- Khmer Krom 4
- Khmer Leou 1
- Kikuyu 6
- Kisii 1
- Koreans 12
- Kosovar 90
- Kuchi 4
- Kunama 2
- Kurd 171
- Labour law 3
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 74
- Lao Theung 1
- Laws relating to religion 7
- Laz 2
- Legal representation / Legal aid 59
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1,660
- Lezgin 1
- Lhotshampas 3
- Livelihoods 34
- Location of camps 8
- Luba 1
- Luo 3
- Lutheran 512
- Maasai 8
- Macedonians 2
- Madhesis 5
- Madhiban 7
- Malays 4
- Malinke / Mandingo 2
- Mandate status 1
- Maori 19
- Mapuche 15
- Maronite 96
- Mass exodus 9
- Maternal and child health care 98
- Mayans 14
- Mbororo 7
- Melanesians 2
- Mennonite 124
- Mental health 43
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 48
- Mercenaries 4
- Meskhetians 7
- Messianic Jews 38
- Methodist 562
- Midgan 2
- Migrant rights 448
- Migrants 1,203
- Military courts 85
- Military law 13
- Military operations 172
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 943
- Minorities 2,802
- Minority rights 483
- Mohajirs 1
- Mon 3
- Mongols 5
- Montagnards 24
- Moravian 55
- Mormon 871
- Moros 5
- Multiple nationality 13
- Muslim 2,386
- Nagas 4
- National security / Public order 229
- Naturalization 24
- Ndebele 7
- Nepalis 2
- New Life Church 3
- Nomads 35
- Non-refoulement 9
- Non-self-governing territories 21
- Non-state agents of persecution 17
- Nuba 13
- Nuer 9
- Ogaden 1
- Older persons 11
- One-child policy / Family planning 20
- Opposition 804
- Orang Asli 5
- Oromo 17
- Orthodox Christian 908
- Ossetians (South) 24
- Palestinian 123
- Pamiris 1
- Papuans 20
- Pashtun 7
- Passports 29
- Pastoralists 35
- Peace agreements 84
- Peace process 127
- Peacekeeping 108
- Pentecostal 703
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
- Persecution based on nationality 177
- Persecution based on political opinion 1,343
- Persecution of family members 51
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1,170
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 130
- Persons with disabilities 1,757
- Piracy 14
- Poles 3
- Police 2,614
- Political asylum 1
- Political groups 44
- Political parties 851
- Political situation 285
- Polygamy 16
- Polynesians 2
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
- Pre-entry procedures 1
- Pre-trial detention 995
- Presbyterian 357
- Prevention of discrimination 135
- Prison or detention conditions 2,973
- Prisoners of war 11
- Property restitution 286
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1,476
- Protection of camps 3
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 287
- Protestant 1,492
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 551
- Public health 388
- Punjabis 1
- Quan Yin 2
- Quechua 3
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 217
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 69
- Rapanui 1
- Rastafarian 176
- Ratification 1
- Re-entry 2
- Readmission 1
- Reception 13
- Reconciliation 123
- Referendum 126
- Refoulement 141
- Refugee / Asylum law 11
- Refugee camps 160
- Refugee identity documents 116
- Refugee seamen 2
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 122
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 62
- Refugees 2,780
- Registration 156
- Reintegration 58
- Rejected asylum-seekers 88
- Rejection at border 26
- Religious discrimination 4,786
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 2,374
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 54
- Reservation 12
- Resettlement 86
- Residence permits / Residency 96
- Return conditions 13
- Returnees 115
- Right to a nationality 9
- Right to development 14
- Right to education 1,048
- Right to employment 1,053
- Right to family life 20
- Right to food 106
- Right to health 148
- Right to justice 186
- Right to liberty and security 8
- Right to life 62
- Right to registration at birth 389
- Right to return 13
- Right to seek asylum 11
- Right to self-determination 636
- Rights of non-citizens 88
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 88
- Roma 529
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2,119
- Russians 16
- Ryukyuans 1
- Sabean Mandean 25
- Safe country of origin 77
- Safe third country 48
- Saharawis 47
- Salafi 67
- Sale of children 68
- Samaritans 3
- Sami 89
- San Bushmen 34
- Sanctions 50
- Sandzak 1
- Scientologist 157
- Secondary movement 1
- Security forces 2,125
- Security situation 518
- Serb 49
- Serious non-political crime 97
- Seventh Day Adventist 841
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 4,816
- Sexual and reproductive rights 663
- Shabak 7
- Shamanism 28
- Shan 12
- Sharia law 32
- Shia 640
- Shinto 43
- Sikh 287
- Sindhis 1
- Single heads of household 2
- Sinhalese 7
- Slavs 1
- Slovaks 1
- Small arms 24
- Smuggling of persons 310
- Social group discrimination 2,607
- Social group persecution 6
- Somalis 18
- Spontaneous return 3
- State of emergency 147
- State protection 5
- Statelessness 300
- Sufi 185
- Sunni 904
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 742
- Tajik 15
- Talysh 3
- Tamil 41
- Taoist 140
- Tatars 26
- Temporary admission 4
- Temporary protection 166
- Territorial asylum 1
- Terrorism 2,919
- Threats / Intimidation 853
- Tibetan 131
- Tien Do 1
- Tigreans 2
- Toba 1
- Torres Strait Islanders 4
- Torture 1,893
- Trafficking in persons 8,294
- Transit 4
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 347
- Travel documents 49
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 27
- Tuareg 17
- Turkmen 11
- Turks 16
- Tutsis 16
- Tuvinians 1
- UNHCR mandate 5
- Uighur 91
- Ukrainians 1
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 197
- Unification Church 128
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 10
- Unlawful departure 1
- Urban refugees 53
- Uzbek 41
- Vietnamese 5
- Visas 67
- Voluntary repatriation 93
- War crimes 240
- Wayeyi 4
- Wayuú 1
- Well-founded fear of persecution 1
- Widowed persons 1
- Witchcraft 40
- Withdrawal of nationality 35
- Witnesses 112
- Women's rights 4,969
- Women-at-risk 2,546
- Work permits 95
- Xhosa 1
- Yanomami 1
- Yazīdī 56
- Zanzibaris 14
- Zomi (Chin) 3
- Zoroastrian 133
- Zulus 5
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