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31 July 2023
GUYANA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
European Commission
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
Guyana - Suriname. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Guyana. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 July 2023
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Guyana. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
7 February 2016
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Assessment: Guyana
Source:
United States Agency for International Development
Date of Document:
August 2021
Accessed Date:
7 July 2022
Title:
Guyana. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
10 September 2020
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
5 April 2023
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Guyana: An Overview. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
Author:
Karla I. Rios; Mark Sullivan
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Mental Health Atlas 2020 Member State Profile: Guyana
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organization.
Accessed Date:
18 July 2022
Title:
Guyana. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Guyana
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/35/GUY/1
Date of Document:
10 January 2020
Accessed Date:
10 September 2020
Title:
Guyana. Freedom in the World 2023.
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/35/GUY/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
12 November 2019
Accessed Date:
10 September 2020
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Guyana
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/35/GUY/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
6 November 2019
Accessed Date:
10 September 2020
Title:
Guyana. Chapter IV.A: Human Rights Development in the Region. Annual Report 2022.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
1 April 2023
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Third periodic report submitted by Guyana under article 40 of the Covenant pursuant to the optional reporting procedure, due in 2021
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
31 May 2022
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Guyana Citizenship Act (amended 1998)
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Title:
Citizenship laws, including methods by which a person may obtain citizenship; whether dual citizenship is recognized and if so, how it is acquired; process for renouncing citizenship and related documentation; grounds for revoking citizenship
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 August 2008
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Title:
Chapter IV: Citizenship. Guyana's Constitution of 1980 with Amendments through 2016.
Source:
Guyana; Comparative Constitutions Project
Accessed Date:
26 July 2023
Title:
Guyana. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Guyana: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
28 July 2023
Title:
The People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), including leadership, membership, objectives, and activities; requirements and procedures to become a member of the party, including documents issued to members; relations with authorities and ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 September 2018
Accessed Date:
22 November 2019
Title:
Guyana, General and Regional Elections, 2 March 2020: Final Report
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
10 September 2020
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Anti-stalking legislation and its effectiveness
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 October 2008
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Title:
Domestic Violence Act
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
Title:
Ninth periodic report submitted by Guyana under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2016
Date of Document:
10 July 2018
Accessed Date:
27 November 2018
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection and support services (2019–July 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 September 2021
Accessed Date:
24 September 2021
Title:
Sexual Offences Act (amended 2013)
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
Title:
Information received from Guyana on follow-up to the concluding observations on its ninth periodic report
Date of Document:
25 November 2021
Accessed Date:
18 July 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Guyana
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
30 July 2019
Accessed Date:
15 November 2019
Title:
Guyana Women's Health and Life Experiences Survey Report
Source:
United Nations. UN Women et al.
Author:
Manuel Contreras-Urbina et al.
Accessed Date:
10 September 2020
Title:
Women's health and life experiences: A qualitative research report on violence against women in Guyana
Source:
United Nations. UN Women et al.
Author:
Ruth Rodney; Sireesha J. Bobbili
Accessed Date:
17 September 2020
Title:
Inter-Agency Rapid Gender-Based Violence Assessment Report in Guyana
Source:
Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform (R4V)
Date of Document:
7 October 2019
Accessed Date:
9 September 2021
Title:
Guyana. 2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
28 September 2022
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Guyana. Next Steps Towards Reform: Assessing good practice and gaps in Commonwealth sexual offences legislation. Caribbean & Americas.
Source:
Equality and Justice Alliance
Date of Document:
March 2020
Author:
Indira Rosenthal et al.
Editor:
Elle Greet; Leisha Lister
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Guyana. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
7 July 2022
Title:
A Study of Perceptions and Attitudes towards LGBT Persons in Guyana
Source:
RMK Consulting Enterprise
Date of Document:
28 September 2022
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Criminal violence and state response; state protection available for witnesses of crime (2010-September 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 October 2013
Accessed Date:
31 October 2013
Title:
Guyana. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2023, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2023
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Understanding and Combatting Crime in Guyana. Policy Brief Nº186; IDB-PB-271.
Source:
Inter-American Development Bank. Country Department Caribbean Group.
Date of Document:
December 2017
Author:
Heather Sutton; Sasha Baxter
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Guyana.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
10 November 2022
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Guyana: Tier 1. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 June 2023
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Guyana. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2022, Volume II: Money Laundering.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
7 July 2022
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Guyana Law and Legal Research
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
9 September 2021
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Guyana. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
28 July 2023
Title:
Guyana. Critics are Not Criminals: A Comparative Study of Criminal Defamation Laws in the Americas.
Source:
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP et al.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
5 November 2019
Title:
Guyana. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2022. Volume II: Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
6 March 2023
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Guyana. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Guyana. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Situation of ethnic Chinese persons, including treatment by society and authorities; state protection available (2015-December 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2019
Accessed Date:
15 November 2019
Title:
Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its mission to Guyana
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
13 August 2018
Accessed Date:
10 September 2020
Title:
Guyana. The Indigenous World 2023.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2023
Author:
Janette Bulkan; John Palmer
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Screening procedures at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Georgetown for departing passengers, including whether immigration officers verify if a passenger is wanted by the police; whether the immigration officer issues a stamp to the ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 June 2015
Accessed Date:
9 October 2015
Title:
Displacement Tracking Matrix. Flow Monitoring Surveys of Venezuelan Nationals in Guyana, Round 4.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Accessed Date:
7 July 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 29 July 2022:
Title:
Guyana. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 July 2022
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guyana/
Accessed Date:
18 July 2022
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
28 February 2020
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/guyana/presentation-du-guyana/
Accessed Date:
17 September 2020
Title:
Guyana: An Overview. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
14 July 2022
Author:
Mark P. Sullivan; Joshua Klein
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11381
Accessed Date:
18 July 2022
Title:
Guyana. 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/guyana/
Accessed Date:
26 May 2022
Title:
Guyana. Freedom in the World 2022.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/guyana/freedom-world/2022
Accessed Date:
18 July 2022
Title:
Guyana. Chapter IV.a: Human Rights Development in the Region. Annual Report 2021.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2021/Chapters/IA2021cap4A-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 July 2022
Title:
Chapter IV: Citizenship. Guyana's Constitution of 1980 with Amendments through 2016.
Source:
Guyana; Comparative Constitutions Project
URL:
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Guyana_2016.pdf?lang=en
Accessed Date:
5 November 2019
Title:
Guyana. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Guyana.html
Accessed Date:
18 July 2022
Title:
Election results. Guyana: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/node/72/elections?chamber_id=13411
Accessed Date:
9 September 2021
Title:
About parliament. Guyana: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/content/guyana?chamber_id=13411
Accessed Date:
9 September 2021
Title:
Guyana. 2020 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
29 September 2021
URL:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/reports/child-labor/guyana
Accessed Date:
7 July 2022
Title:
Guyana. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2022, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/22-00767-INCSR-2022-Vol-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 July 2022
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Guyana.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 October 2021
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/f9abcd6d-d639-4105-9c82-1ce7dbac8f7c
Accessed Date:
7 July 2022
Title:
Guyana: Tier 1. Trafficking in Persons Report 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
9 July 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/337308-2022-TIP-REPORT-inaccessible.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 July 2022
Title:
Guyana Law and Legal Research
Date of Document:
June 2020
URL:
https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Guyana.html
Accessed Date:
9 September 2021
Title:
Guyana. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/guyana
Accessed Date:
9 September 2021
Title:
Guyana. Critics are Not Criminals: A Comparative Study of Criminal Defamation Laws in the Americas.
Source:
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP et al.
Date of Document:
March 2016
URL:
https://cpj.org/reports/2016/03/south-america.php#7
Accessed Date:
5 November 2019
Title:
Guyana. International Religious Freedom Report for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/guyana/
Accessed Date:
18 July 2022
Title:
Guyana. The Indigenous World 2022.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2022
Author:
Janette Bulkan; John Palmer
Editor:
Dwayne Mamo et al.
URL:
https://www.iwgia.org/en/guyana/4669-iw-2022-guyana.html
Accessed Date:
7 July 2022
Title:
Guyana. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
URL:
https://www.genderindex.org/wp-content/uploads/files/datasheets/2019/GY.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 September 2020
Title:
Trapped: Cycles of Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons in Guyana
Source:
Georgetown Law. Human Rights Institute.
Date of Document:
May 2018
URL:
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/human-rights-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/06/Georgetown_LGBT_book_DigitalFINAL.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Guyana Drug Information Network 2020 Annual Report
Source:
Guyana. National Anti-Narcotics Agency.
URL:
https://canu.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GUYDIN-2020-compressed-compressed.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 September 2020
Title:
Third periodic report submitted by Guyana under article 40 of the Covenant pursuant to the optional reporting procedure, due in 2021
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
31 May 2022
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CCPR/C/GUY/3
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Guyana. Next Steps Towards Reform: Assessing good practice and gaps in Commonwealth sexual offences legislation. Caribbean & Americas.
Source:
Equality and Justice Alliance
Date of Document:
March 2020
Author:
Indira Rosenthal et al.
Editor:
Elle Greet; Leisha Lister
URL:
https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/2020-Next-Steps-CA.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
A Study of Perceptions and Attitudes towards LGBT Persons in Guyana
Source:
RMK Consulting Enterprise
Date of Document:
28 September 2022
URL:
https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/09/05/02/00001/AA00090502_00001.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
Title:
Guyana. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2022. Volume II: Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
6 March 2023
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2022/Chapters/IA2022_Anexo_RELE_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 July 2023
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