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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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29 March 2019
YEMEN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
January 2004
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
Arabie saoudite - Bahreïn - Émirats arabes unis - Oman - Qatar - Yémen. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
17 October 2018
Accessed Date:
24 October 2018
Title:
Mapping the Yemen Conflict
Source:
European Council on Foreign Relations
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Yemen: Security and humanitarian situation. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 October 2017
Title:
Yemen. Humanitarian Needs Overview 2018.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
26 January 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Key Concerns for Hodeida Battle
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 June 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Yemen. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
18 March 2019
Title:
Yemen. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Yemen. Freedom in the World 2018.
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Yemen. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
UNHCR Position on Returns to Yemen
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
April 2015
Accessed Date:
20 April 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; minorities; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; race; rejected asylum seekers; religion; social services; statistics; tribes/clans
Title:
Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review
Date of Document:
12 July 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
“We Lived Days in Hell”: Civilian Perspectives of the Conflict in Yemen
Source:
Center for Civilians in Conflict
Date of Document:
1 January 2016
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
Perceptions of the Yemeni public on living conditions and security-related issues. Survey findings, Sanaa/Aden.
Source:
Yemen Polling Center
Date of Document:
May 2017
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Republican Decree No. 260, Concerning the Executive Regulation of the Law of Nationality
Accessed Date:
18 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; gender equality; legislation; nationality
Title:
Law No. 6 of 1990 on Yemeni Nationality
Accessed Date:
18 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation; nationality
Title:
Republican Decree No. 3 of 1994, Executive Regulation of Law No. 6 of 1990 AD Concerning the Yemeni Nationality
Accessed Date:
18 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; gender equality; legislation; nationality
Title:
Requirements and procedures for obtaining a passport, both inside and outside the country; instances when a person would not be issued a passport (2013-September 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 September 2014
Accessed Date:
23 January 2015
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Yemen. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Yemen: Is Peace Possible? Middle East Report N°167.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
9 February 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Yemen's Southern Powder Keg
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Southern Movement, including areas of operation, membership, leadership, structure, activities and relations with the government (2016-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 October 2018
Accessed Date:
26 October 2018
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Yemen.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Beyond the Business as Usual Approach: Local Governance in Yemen Amid Conflict and Instability
Source:
Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies
Date of Document:
July 2018
Author:
Wadha al-Awlaqi; Maged al-Madhaji
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Discord in Yemen's North Could Be a Chance for Peace. Middle East Briefing N°54.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
11 October 2017
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
Title:
Yemen: Civil War and Regional Intervention
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
24 August 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Yemen
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
7 December 2017
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
CFR Backgrounders: Yemen in Crisis
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
19 April 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Situation and treatment of former government officials who served under the Saleh government; whether they are targeted by Houthis; treatment of their family members (January 2015-November 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 November 2015
Accessed Date:
25 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; freedom of movement; political activities; political organizations
Title:
'Where is my Father?': Detention and Disappearance in Huthi-Controlled Yemen.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 May 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Pathways for Peace and Stability in Yemen
Source:
Search for Common Ground
Date of Document:
20 June 2017
Author:
Shoqi Maktary; Katie Smith
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
Title:
Yemen: Coalition's Blocking Aid, Fuel Endangers Civilians
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 September 2017
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Conflict and gender dynamics in Yemen
Source:
Institute of Development Studies. Governance and Social Development Resource Centre.
Date of Document:
30 March 2017
Author:
Brigitte Rohwerder
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
Yemen. Children and armed conflict. Report of the Secretary-General.
Code:
A/72/865–S/2018/465
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
16 May 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
“Women nowadays do anything”: Women's role in conflict, peace and security in Yemen
Source:
Saferworld et al.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Author:
Marie-Christine Heinze; Marwa Baabbad
Editor:
Saleem Haddad et al.
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
From the Ground Up: Gender and Conflict Analysis in Yemen
Source:
CARE International et al.
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
Submission to the CEDAW Committee on Yemen's Periodic Report
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 February 2015
Accessed Date:
2 December 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Yémen: Les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
22 March 2016
Accessed Date:
14 December 2016
Title:
Yemen. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Special Case: Yemen. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Yemen. Country Reports on Terrorism 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
23 October 2018
Title:
Yemen's al-Qaeda: Expanding the Base. Middle East Report N°174.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
2 February 2017
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
Violent Extremism and Terrorism in Yemen
Source:
Institute of Development Studies. Governance and Social Development Resource Centre.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
Concealed Killer. Fall of civilians by the landmines laid by the Ansar Allah Armed Group (the Houthis) and Saleh Forces.
Source:
Mwatana for Human Rights
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
Information on military service and treatment of deserters / draft evaders in Yemen
Source:
Country of Origin Research and Information
Date of Document:
6 November 2014
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Military service; reported cases of forced recruitment and conscription by government authorities and armed groups, including by Al-Qaeda, in regions other than those under Houthi control (2015-December 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 December 2017
Accessed Date:
19 October 2018
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Torture in Yemen: Multiple Powers and One Behavior
Source:
Mwatana for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 June 2017
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Yemen: UAE Backs Abusive Local Forces
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 June 2017
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
Yemen. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Press in Yemen Faces Extinction – Journalists Need Support
Source:
Mwatana for Human Rights; Gulf Centre for Human Rights
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
Yemen. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
Title:
Information on the Bohra religious group in Yemen, including treatment of members by society and authorities (January 2015-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 December 2015
Accessed Date:
26 January 2016
Keywords:
conflict; minorities; police/security forces; religion
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Yemen. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
23 October 2018
Title:
Relationship and treatment of Hashemites by authorities and other groups, including Houthis [Huthis] and extremist groups (2012-August 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 September 2015
Accessed Date:
25 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; minorities; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
‘Even war discriminates': Yemen's minorities, exiled at home
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
13 January 2016
Accessed Date:
12 October 2017
Title:
Treatment of Sunni Muslims by Houthis in areas under Houthi control (2014-September 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 October 2017
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Entry and exit controls at international airports, including security screening and documents required for citizens to leave the country; whether a person wanted by the authorities can leave the country (2016-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 October 2018
Accessed Date:
26 October 2018
Title:
Task Force on Population Movement. 17th Report – August 2018.
Source:
International Organization for Migration et al.
Date of Document:
25 September 2018
Accessed Date:
23 October 2018
Title:
Treatment of returning Yemenis born or living abroad in Saudi Arabia, particularly by the Houthis (2014-April 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 April 2017
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
Title:
Spotlight: Yemen. 2018 Global Report on Internal Displacement.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
16 May 2018
Accessed Date:
12 October 2018
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 2018:
Title:
Yemen. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=277273
Accessed Date:
24 April 2018
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