Political and security situation
- Border conflict 1,324
- Capacity building of state institutions 212
- Ceasefire 1,110
- Civil war 1,092
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 1,741
- Conflict prevention 297
- Conflict resolution 1,980
- Conflict situation 3,184
- Corruption 4,653
- Coup d'état 766
- Crime prevention 271
- Death squads 139
- Demobilization / Disarmament 816
- Democracy 1,689
- Elections 8,446
- Embargo 311
- Foreign occupation 1,129
- Generalized violence 355
- Good governance 2,977
- Internal armed conflict 6,212
- International armed conflict 720
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 553
- Military operations 2,905
- Non-self-governing territories 216
- Opposition 5,410
- Peace agreements 1,354
- Peace process 2,254
- Peacekeeping 3,127
- Police 6,095
- Political groups 1,872
- Political parties 4,992
- Political situation 10,784
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 3,787
- Referendum 565
- Sanctions 800
- Security forces 5,672
- Security situation 11,481
- Small arms 211
- State of emergency 573
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 882
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UNHCR Position on Returns to North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Adjacent Areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo Affected by Ongoing Conflict and Violence – Update III
November 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers |
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International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing Somalia
September 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers |
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M.A. v Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnyba, Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas, Case C-72/22 PPU
The Court, ruling under the urgent preliminary ruling procedure, holds that the Procedures Directive (4) precludes legislation of a Member State under which, in the event of a declaration of a state of war or a state of emergency or in the event of a declaration of an emergency due to a mass influx of foreigners, illegally staying third-country nationals are, de facto, denied the opportunity of having access to the procedure for examining an application for international protection in the territory of that Member State. Furthermore, the Court holds that the Reception Directive (5) precludes legislation of a Member State under which, in the event of such a declaration, an applicant for asylum may be detained on the sole ground that he or she is staying in the territory of that Member State illegally. 30 June 2022 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 2013 Recast Asylum Procedures Directive (EU) | Topic(s): Immigration Detention - Reception - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to liberty and security - State of emergency | Countries: Lithuania |
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UNHCR Position on Returns to Ethiopia
March 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers |
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UNHCR Position on Returns to Ukraine
March 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers |
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UNHCR Guidance Note on the International Protection Needs of People Fleeing Afghanistan
February 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers |
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E 2372/2021-17
In it’s judgement E 2372/2021 issued 7 October 2021, the Constitutional Court ruled that due to “UNHCR International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing the Republic of Iraq” from May 2019, Sunni Arab men and boys of fighting age, who lived in an area under ISIS control and/or where ISIS maintains a presence and women and children associated with real or perceived ISIS members on account of their family or tribal relations meet a specific risk profile as they are under general suspicion of supporting ISIS. Therefore, people fulfilling these characteristics are likely in need of international refugee protection, depending on the individual circumstances of the case. Referring to the UNHCR International Protection Considerations as well as the “EASO Country Guidance: Iraq” from January 2021 the Constitutional Court ruled that the Federal Administrative Court must duly take into consideration the individual situation of the complainant against the backdrop of the specific risk profile in case the complainant has put forward fear of persecution because of the affiliation to the risk profile in a substantiated way. In the present case the Federal Administrative Court assumed that the alleged threat by Shiite militias was due to the battles between ISIS, militias and Iraqi units at that time and has not been directed against the complainant or his family directly. It denied an individual persecution without considering that the complainant – a Sunni Arab of fighting age, who lived in an area under ISIS control – was meeting a specific risk profile. The Federal Administrative Court’s findings were thus found to be arbitrary by the Constitutional Court. 27 January 2022 | Judicial Body: Austria: Constitutional Court of Austria (Verfassungsgerichtshof) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Asylum-seekers - International armed conflict - Social group persecution | Countries: Austria - Iraq |
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UNHCR Position on Returns to Mali – Update III
January 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers |
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UNHCR observations on the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of
Latvia on the Declaration of Emergency Situation (No 518)
13 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation |
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UNHCR Position on Returns to Yemen – Update I
October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers |
