South Africa

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• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 12
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• Effective remedy 1
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• HIV and AIDS 7
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• Migrants 22
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• Political situation 8
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
• Public health 5
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 4
• Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
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• Refugee camps 5
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• Refugees 18
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• Right to a nationality 1
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• Right to seek asylum 2
• SGBV 4
• Sale of children 1
• Security forces 3
• Security situation 18
• Small arms 1
• Social group discrimination 1
• Social group persecution 1
• Somalis 4
• Statelessness 1
• Temporary protection 1
• Trafficking in persons 5
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
• Voluntary repatriation 2
• Well-founded fear of persecution 1
• Women's rights 4
• Women-at-risk 2
• Zulus 1

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• AlertNet - South Africa
• Amnesty International - South Africa
• Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA)
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - South Africa
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - South Africa
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - South Africa
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Pretoria
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - South Africa
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - South Africa
• ReliefWeb - South Africa
• UNHCR - South Africa
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - South Africa
• United States Department of State - South Africa
• World Health Organization (WHO) - South Africa