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- Cabinda 38
- Caferis 3
- Calvinist 33
- Camp management 89
- Cancellation 8
- Capacity building of state institutions 210
- Caribs 9
- Carrier sanctions 17
- Catholic 2,575
- Ceasefire 1,110
- Celts 5
- Cessation clauses 152
- Chakma 7
- Chaldean 79
- Cham 15
- Changes of circumstances in home country 175
- Chechen 749
- Cherkess 3
- Child labour 4,588
- Child prostitution 2,616
- Child soldiers 2,095
- Children's rights 11,009
- Children-at-risk 6,614
- Chin 45
- Chinese 125
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 65
- Christian 4,129
- Christian Scientist 19
- Chukchi 2
- Chuvash 8
- Circassians 132
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1,087
- Civil and political rights 1,905
- Civil rights legislation 61
- Civil war 1,092
- Civilian character of asylum 43
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 354
- Combatants / Former combatants 586
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 1,741
- Community development 90
- Complementary forms of protection 400
- Complementary pathways 7
- Complementary pathways 5
- Confidentiality 29
- Conflict prevention 297
- Conflict resolution 1,980
- Conflict situation 3,177
- Confucianist 104
- Congregationalist 77
- Constitutional law 547
- Contemporary forms of slavery 395
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 480
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 448
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 116
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 623
- Convention Plus 41
- Convention refugee 134
- Copts 275
- Corruption 4,652
- Corsicans 4
- Cossacks 64
- Country of origin information (COI) 1,344
- Coup d'état 766
- Credibility assessment 992
- Creoles 12
- Crime prevention 268
- Crimean Tatars 204
- Crimes against humanity 1,278
- Crimes against peace 28
- Criminal justice 6,387
- Croats 43
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 13
- Customary law 38
- Czechs 27
- False documents 286
- Falun Gong 334
- Family law 188
- Family reunification 691
- Faroese 1
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1,051
- Fijians 31
- Filipinos 35
- Finno-Ugric 12
- Flight by land, air or sea 206
- Forced labour 6,298
- Forced marriage 1,186
- Forced relocation 174
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 221
- Foreign occupation 1,129
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 10,826
- Freedom of assembly and association 12,285
- Freedom of conscience 971
- Freedom of expression 36,648
- Freedom of information 18,572
- Freedom of movement 5,733
- Freedom of religion 14,077
- Freedom of speech 13,258
- French 6
- Fresh / New claim 73
- Frisians 9
- Friulians 1
- Fulani 58
- Fur 14
- Iban 2
- Ibo 23
- IDP camps 1,044
- Igorots 4
- Ijaw 30
- Iko 1
- Illegal entry 312
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 657
- Illegitimate children 40
- Ilois 1
- Immigrants 579
- Immigration control after entry 60
- Immigration Detention 1,814
- Immigration law 1,012
- Immunity 176
- Impunity 4,571
- Inclusion clauses 9
- Income-generating projects 10
- Independence of judiciary 2,624
- Indians 46
- Indigenous persons 2,171
- Ingush 150
- Integration 691
- Internal armed conflict 6,204
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 842
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 9,979
- International armed conflict 719
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 51
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 311
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 92
- International courts and tribunals 1,324
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 426
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 367
- International criminal law 298
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1,240
- International protection 1,356
- Inuit 7
- Involuntary repatriation 144
- Iranians 85
- Ismaili 71
- Issaq 32
- Paez 2
- Palestinian 1,562
- Pamiris 3
- Panjshiris 3
- Papuans 58
- Pashtun 91
- Passports 736
- Pastoralists 61
- Peace agreements 1,354
- Peace process 2,254
- Peacekeeping 3,127
- Pemón 1
- Pentecostal 803
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 689
- Persecution based on nationality 245
- Persecution based on political opinion 6,170
- Persecution of family members 597
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2,572
- Persons not in need of international protection 123
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 392
- Persons with disabilities 2,687
- Physical harm 29
- Piracy 119
- Poles 46
- Police 6,093
- Political asylum 313
- Political groups 1,871
- Political parties 4,990
- Political situation 10,782
- Polygamy 98
- Polynesians 8
- Pomaks 8
- Population transfers 36
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 106
- Pre-entry procedures 49
- Pre-trial detention 1,761
- Presbyterian 393
- Prevention of discrimination 513
- Prison or detention conditions 6,328
- Prisoners of war 131
- Proof of nationality 109
- Property restitution 457
- Prosecution vs persecution 388
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1,807
- Protection of camps 61
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 2,959
- Protestant 1,967
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 3,786
- Public health 1,885
- Punjabis 45
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 3,364
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 520
- Raizals 2
- Rapanui 2
- Rastafarian 180
- Ratification 10
- Re-entry 28
- Readmission 36
- Reception 630
- Reconciliation 873
- Referendum 565
- Refoulement 603
- Refugee / Asylum law 1,279
- Refugee camps 1,636
- Refugee identity documents 329
- Refugee seamen 315
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 938
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 189
- Refugees 12,002
- Refugees sur place 41
- Regional instruments 395
- Registration 500
- Reintegration 342
- Rejected asylum-seekers 598
- Rejection at border 124
- Religious discrimination 7,390
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 4,511
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 349
- Reservation 16
- Resettlement 1,048
- Residence permits / Residency 1,485
- Return conditions 756
- Returnees 1,764
- Right to a nationality 1,092
- Right to development 189
- Right to education 2,978
- Right to employment 2,047
- Right to family life 847
- Right to food 895
- Right to health 1,331
- Right to justice 1,311
- Right to leave 192
- Right to liberty and security 606
- Right to life 828
- Right to registration at birth 726
- Right to return 401
- Right to seek asylum 284
- Right to self-determination 1,297
- Rights of non-citizens 438
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 959
- Roma 1,671
- Romanians 36
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 5,481
- Russians 370
- Rwandans 18
- Ryukyuans 3
- Sabean Mandean 57
- Sabians 7
- Safe country of origin 211
- Safe third country 469
- Saharawis 107
- Salafi 250
- Sale of children 303
- Samaritans 4
- Sami 210
- Samoan 1
- San Bushmen 47
- Sanctions 800
- Sandzak 9
- Sardinians 3
- Scientologist 162
- Secondary movement 180
- Security forces 5,671
- Security situation 11,468
- Senoufo 1
- Serb 301
- Serious non-political crime 250
- Seventh Day Adventist 929
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 9,142
- Sexual and reproductive rights 1,106
- Shabak 52
- Shamanism 42
- Shan 126
- Sharia law 218
- Sheikhal 2
- Shia 1,566
- Shinto 43
- Shuar 2
- Signatories and Parties 5
- Sikh 719
- Sindhis 16
- Single heads of household 83
- Single procedure 102
- Sinhalese 94
- Slavs 46
- Slovaks 15
- Slovenes 8
- Small arms 211
- Smuggling of persons 657
- Social group discrimination 3,140
- Social group persecution 1,066
- Solomon Islanders 1
- Somalis 437
- Sorbs 1
- Soyot 1
- Spontaneous return 61
- Standard of proof 129
- State of emergency 569
- State protection 1,796
- Statelessness 1,717
- Statelessness Determination Procedures 83
- Stowaways 27
- Sufi 321
- Sunni 1,668
- Sur place persecution 80
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1,211
- Suspensive effect 37
- Susu 2
- Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) 52,064
- Administration of justice 25,431
- Age, gender and diversity 58,507
- Asylum 1,596
- Asylum-migration nexus 17,923
- Burden / standard of proof 4,248
- Camps 3,687
- Comprehensive solutions 6,348
- Entry, admission and reception 4,279
- Flight 895
- Human rights 237,351
- Immigration law 15,012
- International crimes 19,380
- International humanitarian law (IHL) 29,455
- International law 10,933
- Medical and health 4,766
- National law 4,852
- Nationality and statelessness 3,760
- Persons of concern 29,170
- Political and security situation 102,908
- Population groups 21,943
- Protection 5,827
- Religious groups 39,491