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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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31 August 2023
MADAGASCAR
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
31 October 2012
Title:
Madagascar - Comores - Maurice - Seychelles. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
17 August 2016
Title:
Madagascar. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
8 April 2021
Title:
Madagascar. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
Accessed Date:
20 April 2022
Title:
Madagascar. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
21 December 2016
Accessed Date:
23 August 2017
Title:
Présentation de Madagascar
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
7 October 2021
Accessed Date:
8 April 2022
Title:
Flash Appeal: Madagascar - Grand Sud: January 2021 – May 2022 (Revised in June 2021)
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
20 August 2021
Accessed Date:
8 April 2022
Title:
Madagascar. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
20 April 2022
Title:
Madagascar Country Office: Humanitarian Situation Report No. 9 - Reporting Period: March 2022
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
13 April 2022
Accessed Date:
20 April 2022
Title:
Madagascar. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
4 August 2023
Title:
Madagascar. Freedom in the World 2022.
Accessed Date:
27 April 2022
Title:
Madagascar: Weak Human Rights Protection. Amnesty International Submission for the UN Universal Periodic Review, 34th Session of the UPR Working Group, November 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
8 April 2022
Title:
Madagascar. Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
Accessed Date:
8 April 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Madagascar
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
22 August 2017
Accessed Date:
2 August 2018
Title:
Reported cases of human rights violations, surveillance, harassment and detention of political opponents, journalists and members of civil society organizations by the authorities, including the National Police Intelligence Division (2016-January 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 January 2019
Accessed Date:
21 August 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Madagascar
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/MDG/1
Date of Document:
21 August 2019
Accessed Date:
8 April 2021
Title:
Compilation on Madagascar
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/MDG/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 August 2019
Accessed Date:
8 April 2021
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Madagascar
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/MDG/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 August 2019
Accessed Date:
8 April 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Madagascar. Addendum: Information received from Madagascar on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CCPR/C/MDG/CO/4/Add.1
Date of Document:
15 April 2019
Accessed Date:
19 April 2021
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Ordonnance n° 60 - 064 du 22 juillet 1960 portant Code de la nationalité malgache, modifiée jusqu'à la Loi n° 2016-038 du 25 janvier 2017
Accessed Date:
19 April 2021
Title:
Madagascar. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
20 April 2022
Title:
Madagascar: Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 34th Session of the Universal Periodic Review: Third Cycle
Source:
Focus Development Association et al.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
8 April 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Madagascar. Election for President of 7 November 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
9 August 2019
Title:
Republic of Madagascar. Election for President (Round 2) of 19 December 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
9 August 2019
Title:
LOI n° 2011-012 relative aux partis politiques
Accessed Date:
8 April 2021
Title:
Republic of Madagascar. Election for Assemblée nationale (Malagasy National Assembly) of 27 May 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
8 April 2021
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Madagascar: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
19 April 2021
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Madagascar: Senate.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
19 April 2021
Title:
LOI n°2011-013 portant statut de l'opposition et des partis d'opposition
Accessed Date:
29 April 2021
Title:
Madagascar 2018 Rapport Final : Élection présidentielle 7 novembre 2018
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Accessed Date:
8 April 2021
Title:
Gestion de la violence électorale pour la consolidation de la démocratie à Madagascar. Étude arrêtée à la date du 31 août 2019.
Source:
Le Centre Européen d'Appui Électoral
Date of Document:
1 January 2019
Accessed Date:
8 April 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Madagascar
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women.
Date of Document:
24 November 2015
Accessed Date:
30 August 2016
Title:
Madagascar. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
9 August 2019
Title:
Madagascar. “Treated Like Furniture”: Gender-based violence and COVID-19 response in Southern Africa.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2021
Accessed Date:
8 April 2021
Title:
Madagascar : Les femmes victimes de violences conjugales
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 October 2020
Accessed Date:
8 April 2022
Title:
Fighting for justice against gender-based violence in Madagascar
Source:
United Nations Population Fund
Date of Document:
17 January 2022
Accessed Date:
8 April 2022
Title:
Madagascar. 2020 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
Date of Document:
29 September 2021
Accessed Date:
8 April 2022
Title:
Rapport de la République de Madagacar dans le cadre du vingt-cinquième anniversaire de la quatrième conférence mondiale sur les femmes et de l'adoption de la déclaration et du programme d'action de Beijing en 2015
Source:
Ministère de la population, de la protection sociale et de la promotion de la femme
Accessed Date:
20 April 2022
Title:
Madagascar: Annex 1 Profiles of the 10 countries with the highest rates of child marriage
Source:
United Nations Population Fund
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
20 April 2022
Title:
Profil genre pays : République de Madagascar
Source:
African Devlopement Bank Group
Date of Document:
28 January 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2022
Title:
Treatment of sexual and gender minorities by the authorities and society, including their family members; state protection (2017–October 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 October 2019
Accessed Date:
14 October 2022
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Madagascar: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
Accessed Date:
11 April 2022
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Madagascar.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
7 March 2022
Accessed Date:
11 April 2022
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Punished for being poor: Unjustified, excessive, and prolonged pre-trial detention in Madagascar
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
28 October 2018
Accessed Date:
9 August 2019
Title:
Update: Law and Legal Systems in Madagascar: A Political Siege
Date of Document:
August 2015
Author:
Kevashinee Pillay; Aviva Zimbris
Accessed Date:
29 April 2021
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Madagascar. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
11 April 2022
Title:
Smear campaign targets prize-winning reporter in Madagascar
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
Accessed Date:
26 April 2022
Title:
Étude sur le paysage médiatique à Madagascar
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
11 April 2022
Title:
Madagascar. International Religious Freedom Report for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 May 2021
Accessed Date:
11 April 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Madagascar. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
April 2018
Accessed Date:
2 August 2018
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Madagascar: Displacement associated with Conflict and Violence: Figure Analysis – GRID 2020
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
11 April 2022
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 October 2022:
Title:
Madagascar. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/madagascar/
Accessed Date:
20 April 2022
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