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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 March 2017
SOUTH SUDAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
October 2011
Accessed Date:
11 February 2013
Title:
South Sudan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
11 March 2016
Accessed Date:
19 April 2016
Keywords:
children; conflict; country overview; ethnic and national groups; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; map; military service; nationality; political activities; political organizations; religion; transport infrastructure
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on South Sudan (covering the period from 10 November 2015 to 2 February 2016)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
9 February 2016
Accessed Date:
19 April 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
South Sudan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
Title:
South Sudan. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; corruption; disappeared persons; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; government corruption; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; torture
Title:
South Sudan. Freedom in the World 2015.
Accessed Date:
19 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; conflict; corruption; crime; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of the press; internal displacement; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political organizations; religion
Title:
South Sudan. Amnesty International Annual Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
19 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Final Report of the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan
Source:
African Union. Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan.
Date of Document:
15 October 2015
Accessed Date:
15 March 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; conflict; corruption; country overview; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political organizations
Title:
The Crisis in South Sudan
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
9 January 2014
Author:
Lauren Ploch Blanchard
Accessed Date:
15 March 2016
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; political activities
Title:
Assessment mission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to improve human rights, accountability, reconciliation and capacity in South Sudan: detailed findings.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
10 March 2016
Accessed Date:
15 March 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; conflict; country overview; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; penal system; sexual violence
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Chapter II – Citizenship and Nationality. The Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011.
Accessed Date:
11 February 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Sudan: Citizenship Changed for Residents from the South
Source:
United States. Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
20 July 2011
Author:
Constance Johnson
Accessed Date:
11 February 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; internal displacement; labour; legislation
Title:
The Nationality Act, 2011
Accessed Date:
16 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Passports and Immigration Act, 2011
Accessed Date:
11 February 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation
Title:
Nationality Regulations, 2011
Accessed Date:
16 January 2013
Keywords:
children; citizenship; crime; ethnic and national groups; identity documents; indigenous groups; legislation; marriage
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 South Sudan Country Report
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
15 March 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; freedom of expression; humanitarian situation; legislation; political organizations; religion
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Situation Assessment of Children and Women in South Sudan
Source:
United Nations. Children's Fund.
Accessed Date:
19 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; country overview; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; family law; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; penal system; political activities; political organizations; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Women's Security and the Law in South Sudan
Source:
Small Arms Survey. Human Security Baseline Assessment for Sudan and South Sudan.
Accessed Date:
16 January 2013
Keywords:
children; conflict; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; social services; tribes/clans
Title:
South Sudan. State-Sponsored Homophobia: A World Survey of Laws: criminalization, protection and recognition of same-sex love.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2015
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Paoli Itaborahy
Accessed Date:
15 March 2016
Keywords:
legislation; sexual minorities
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
South Sudan (Tier 3). 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; military service; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
Title:
Reports of forcible recruitment and military conscription by the government and armed groups (2014- December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 December 2015
Accessed Date:
22 April 2016
Keywords:
children; conflict; humanitarian situation
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems - (No items in this section)
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
South Sudan: Arbitrary Detention, Torture. Military, National Security Service Routinely Beat Detainees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 May 2015
Accessed Date:
15 March 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; judicial efficacy; legal system; police efficacy
Title:
Police Reform in an Independent South Sudan
Source:
The North-South Institute
Accessed Date:
4 December 2014
Keywords:
conflict; gender equality; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
South Sudan. Freedom in the Press 2015.
Accessed Date:
15 March 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; corruption; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; Internet; legislation; political organizations
Title:
South Sudan. 2014 International Religious Freedom Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
Accessed Date:
15 March 2016
Keywords:
legislation; political activities; religion
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
South Sudan. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2015: Events of 2014.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2015
Author:
Inga Thiemann; Paige Wilhite Jennings; Laura A. Young
Accessed Date:
15 March 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; internal displacement; legislation; minorities; political activities
Title:
South Sudan: Justice Needed to Stem Violence
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 February 2012
Accessed Date:
16 January 2013
Keywords:
armed groups; children; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; judicial efficacy; legal system; police efficacy
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
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