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Access to procedures 4
Acts of persecution 7
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Asylum-seekers 8
Bail 1
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Burden of proof 24
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Catholic 1
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Christian 12
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Combatants / Former combatants 14
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Complementary forms of protection 9
Confidentiality 2
Constitutional law 5
Convention against Torture (CAT) 61
Convention refugee 2
Corruption 4
Country of origin information (COI) 27
Credibility assessment 41
Crimes against humanity 4
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Criminal justice 36
Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
Death penalty 16
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Denial of refugee status 324
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Derivative status 5
Dioula 1
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Disabled persons 2
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Domestic violence 5
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Effective protection 4
Effective remedy 4
Elections 1
Equal opportunities 2
Equality before the law 2
Eritreans 2
Evangelical 1
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 59
Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 2
Exclusion clauses 16
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
Expedited procedures 2
Expulsion 8
Extradition 22
Extrajudicial executions 2
False documents 1
Falun Gong 1
Family law 2
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) 26
Flight by land, air or sea 1
Forced marriage 4
Forced sterilization / Abortion 7
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 77
Freedom of assembly and association 2
Freedom of conscience 4
Freedom of expression 105
Freedom of information 1
Freedom of movement 4
Freedom of religion 5
Freedom of speech 103
Fresh / New claim 2
Fulani 1
Gender discrimination 4
Gender-based persecution 17
Gio 1
Grounds for persecution 12
HIV and AIDS 14
Habeas corpus 27
Habitual residence 2
Harmful traditional practices 3
Hmong 3
Honour killings 2
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2
Human rights activists 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 3
Hungarians 1
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Immigrants 4
Immigration Detention 14
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Immigration law 9
Immunity 2
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Indigenous persons 1
Internal armed conflict 4
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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1
International armed conflict 1
International courts and tribunals 1
International criminal law 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 11
Involuntary repatriation 1
Jehovah's Witness 6
Jew 3
Jurisdiction 18
Juvenile justice system 3
Koreans 1
Kosovar 1
Kurd 1
Laws relating to religion 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 19
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 53
Livelihoods 3
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 5
Mental health 7
Mentally disadvantaged persons 3
Military courts 6
Military law 4
Military operations 1
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 34
Minorities 2
Multiple nationality 1
Muslim 4
National security / Public order 3
Naturalization 4
Non-refoulement 19
Non-state agents of persecution 39
One-child policy / Family planning 19
Opposition 3
Oromo 4
Peace agreements 2
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Persecution based on political opinion 209
Persecution of family members 36
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 38
Police 4
Political asylum 25
Political groups 5
Political parties 8
Political situation 2
Polygamy 1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
Pre-trial detention 12
Prison or detention conditions 13
Prisoners of war 2
Proof of nationality 2
Prosecution vs persecution 20
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 3
Protestant 1
Public health 8
Racial / Ethnic persecution 20
Re-entry 1
Refoulement 8
Refugee / Asylum law 4
Refugee seamen 4
Refugees 3
Rejected asylum-seekers 8
Religious discrimination 4
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 52
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 9
Residence permits / Residency 10
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 1
Right to employment 6
Right to family life 8
Right to health 1
Right to justice 20
Right to liberty and security 13
Right to life 3
Right to seek asylum 1
Right to self-determination 1
Rights of non-citizens 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 34
Russians 1
SGBV 23
Safe country of origin 1
Safe third country 20
Security situation 1
Serious non-political crime 6
Sexual and reproductive rights 5
Shan 1
Shia 2
Single procedure 2
Smuggling of persons 1
Social group discrimination 3
Social group persecution 140
Standard of proof 18
State protection 24
Stateless persons 6
Statelessness 6
Stowaways 1
Sunni 1
Suspensive effect 5
Tamil 5
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 34
Tibetan 1
Trafficking in persons 7
Transgression of social / cultural norms 5
Travel documents 2
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 6
Uighur 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 3
Uzbek 1
Visas 37
Voluntary repatriation 2
War crimes 5
Well-founded fear of persecution 158
Withdrawal of nationality 1
Witnesses 5
Women-at-risk 11
Work permits 1
Yoruba 1

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