Lao People's Democratic Republic

• Abduction 1
• Access to procedures 2
• Animist 10
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 24
• Assemblies of God 5
• Asylum policy 2
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Baha'i 11
• Baptist 5
• Buddhist 11
• Catholic 11
• Child labour 7
• Child prostitution 6
• Children's rights 19
• Children-at-risk 15
• Christian 9
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Confucianist 10
• Corruption 8
• Criminal justice 4
• Democracy 4
• Deportation / Forcible return 1
• Disappeared persons 16
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 18
• Domestic violence 2
• Economic, social and cultural rights 13
• Effective protection 2
• Effective remedy 1
• Elections 6
• Emigrants 2
• Evangelical 1
• Extrajudicial executions 14
• Forced labour 26
• Forced marriage 3
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 14
• Freedom of assembly and association 25
• Freedom of expression 22
• Freedom of information 6
• Freedom of movement 18
• Freedom of religion 42
• Freedom of speech 22
• Gender discrimination 16
• Gender-based persecution 1
• HIV and AIDS 6
• Hmong 20
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
• Human rights monitors 5
• Immigration Detention 1
• Impunity 5
• Independence of judiciary 5
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 2
• International protection 3
• Jehovah's Witness 5
• Jew 1
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 5
• Lutheran 5
• Methodist 6
• Migrants 4
• Minorities 10
• Mormon 5
• Muslim 11
• Pentecostal 1
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 6
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 3
• Persons with disabilities 6
• Police 11
• Political parties 2
• Pre-trial detention 2
• Prison or detention conditions 11
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 9
• Protestant 11
• Refugees 6
• Registration 2
• Religious discrimination 25
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 15
• Returnees 1
• Right to education 2
• Right to registration at birth 2
• Right to self-determination 4
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 5
• Sale of children 1
• Security forces 9
• Seventh Day Adventist 6
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 15
• Sexual and reproductive rights 2
• Shia 3
• Smuggling of persons 2
• Social group discrimination 13
• Sunni 5
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
• Taoist 5
• Terrorism 10
• Threats / Intimidation 2
• Torture 1
• Trafficking in persons 42
• Voluntary repatriation 1
• Women's rights 19
• Women-at-risk 13

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• Amnesty International - Laos
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Lao People's Democratic Rep
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Laos
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Laos
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Lao People's Democratic Republic
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Bangkok
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Lao (People's Democratic Republic of)
• Radio Free Asia (RFA) - Laos
• ReliefWeb - Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
• UNHCR - Lao People's Democratic Republic
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Lao People's Democratic Republic
• United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP)
• United States Department of State - Laos
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Lao People's Democratic Republic