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On
July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide:
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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.
On
December 22, 2020, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
On
July 6, 2018, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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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.
Revoked
The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
On
July 20, 2017, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being
Jurisprudential Guides.
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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.
Revoked
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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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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 20, 2017.
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30 April 2018
IRAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Islamic Republic of Iran.
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
January 2004
Accessed Date:
9 November 2012
Source:
Iran. Tehran Municipality.
Accessed Date:
19 March 2014
Title:
Tehran Cultural Heritage & Tourism Map
Source:
Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization
Accessed Date:
19 March 2014
Title:
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Transportation Map (24 November 2013)
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
24 November 2013
Accessed Date:
19 March 2014
Title:
Iran. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
9 November 2012
Title:
Iran. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
3 January 2018
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iran: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
19 December 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Christians and Christian Converts. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Journalists and internet based media. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
19 December 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Baha'i. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iran: Kurds and Kurdish political groups. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iran: Women. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2016
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iran: Human Rights Defenders. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iran: Prison conditions. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2016
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iran: Smugglers. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2016
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Military service. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iran: Illegal Exit. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Adulterers. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Iran : Les femmes et l'adultère
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 June 2016
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Iran : Persécutions à l'encontre de la communauté baha'ie
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
20 October 2015
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Zoroastrians. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Women fearing domestic violence. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Forced marriage. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Honour crimes against women. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2017
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Iran. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2018
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
17 March 2017
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
United Nations. General Assembly.
Date of Document:
31 October 2017
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Iran. Amnesty International Report 2016/2017: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Iran. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Iran: Political Opposition Groups, Security Forces, Selected Human Rights Issues, Rule of Law. COI Compilation.
Source:
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Date of Document:
July 2015
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
Iran: Politics, Human Rights, and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
8 January 2018
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Caught in a Web of Repression: Iran's Human Rights Defenders Under Attack
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
2 August 2017
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Iran. Freedom in the World 2017.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Book 2: Concerning Nationality. Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Source:
Islamic Republic of Iran
Accessed Date:
17 March 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
The rights and procedures for the foreign-born spouse of an Iranian woman to obtain Iranian citizenship; rights and procedures for a child of an Iranian woman and Pakistani man, born outside Iran, to obtain Iranian citizenship
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 August 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; legislation; marriage; nationality
Title:
Whether Iranians can retroactively obtain in Iran or abroad a medical certificate stating that they were treated at a particular hospital or medical clinic (2012-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 March 2015
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Keywords:
medical records
Title:
The National Identity Card, including requirements and procedures to obtain the card within the country as well as from abroad; whether the card has replaced the shenasnameh; whether fraudulent cards exist (2012-September 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 September 2013
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; social services
Title:
Iran Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
The new format of the shenasnameh (birth certificate), including physical characteristics, security features, and period of validity; application procedures and requirements; whether citizens are required to replace their shenasnameh with the ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2015
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
The National Smart Card, including the issuing agency, the requirements to obtain the card, areas where the card is being issued, card format, information and uses; requirements to renew the National Identity Card before expiration and problem...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2015
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Parliament's Efforts to Change the Law. Iran: Discrimination Through Citizenship.
Source:
Human Rights Brief
Date of Document:
13 January 2015
Accessed Date:
17 March 2015
Keywords:
children; citizenship; identity documents; legislation; political activities; social services
Title:
Requirements and procedures for a former Iranian citizen by birth, who renounced their citizenship, to reacquire Iranian citizenship, including circumstances that may bar someone from re-acquiring Iranian citizenship (2015-August 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 August 2017
Accessed Date:
29 January 2018
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Student protests, including treatment of protestors by authorities (2013-January 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2017
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Iran: Organization and Functioning of Political Parties
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Political Offence Law
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Treatment of anti-government activists by authorities, including those returning to Iran from abroad; overseas monitoring capabilities of the government (2012-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 January 2014
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; Internet; labour; minorities; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; sexual violence; torture
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Iran Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
Timeline: Iran Protests. The Iran Primer.
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
11 January 2018
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
A Report on Child Brides under the Mullahs' Rule in Iran
Source:
National Council of Resistance of Iran. Women's Committee.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2016
Keywords:
children; legal system; legislation; marriage; religion; sexual violence; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Iran Human Rights Review: Women and Human Rights
Source:
Foreign Policy Centre
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Violence against Women and Honour-Related Violence in Iran
Source:
Finland. Finnish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
26 June 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2016
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
The enforcement of dress codes
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 December 2011
Accessed Date:
9 November 2012
Keywords:
gender equality; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence
Title:
Vigilante Violence: The Acid Attacks in Iran and the State's Assault on Women's Rights. A Briefing Paper.
Source:
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
Date of Document:
March 2015
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
Islamic Republic of Iran. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
28 November 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of movement; gender equality; honour crimes; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; political activities; religion; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Treatment by society and authorities of women's rights activists and women working for women's rights organizations, including those involved in divorce and custody issues (2012-2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 June 2014
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; election; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; human rights activists; Internet; legal system; legislation; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
14 March 2016
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
You Shall Procreate: Attacks on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Iran
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 March 2015
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
A Legal Study on Children's Rights and Iran's Laws
Source:
Persia Educational Foundation
Date of Document:
4 January 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Iran: Women, children, LGBTI persons, persons with disabilities, 'moral crimes'. COI Compilation.
Source:
Austrian Red Cross; Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
December 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; crime; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Iran: Exit Procedures for Married Women
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Iran: Analysis from Religious, Social, Legal and Cultural Perspectives
Source:
Outright Action International
Date of Document:
6 July 2015
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
Iran. 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:
16 January 2018
Title:
Iranian Queer Watch Report
Source:
Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
Human Rights Report: Being Lesbian in Iran
Source:
Outright Action International
Date of Document:
28 July 2016
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
Human Rights Report: Being Transgender in Iran
Source:
Outright Action International
Date of Document:
28 July 2016
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Iran (Tier 3). Trafficking in Persons Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
Iran. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2017, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Iran. Country Reports on Terrorism 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Military service, including recruitment age, length of service, reasons for exemption, the possibility of performing a replacement service and the treatment of people who refuse military service by authorities; whether there are sanctions agains...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 March 2014
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Keywords:
identity documents; labour; legislation; military service; sexual minorities
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Turning a blind eye: Why the international community must no longer ignore torture in Iran
Source:
Freedom From Torture
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Flawed Reforms: Iran's New Code of Criminal Procedure
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 February 2016
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
Title:
Codifying Repression: An Assessment of Iran's New Penal Code
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 August 2012
Accessed Date:
22 January 2013
Keywords:
armed groups; children; crime; drug trafficking; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender equality; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; marriage; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Iran Human Rights Review: Due Process Source: Foreign Policy Centre
Source:
Foreign Policy Centre
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Locked Up in Karaj. Spotlight on Political Prisoners in One Iranian City.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 August 2014
Accessed Date:
2 October 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; disappeared persons; election; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political prisoners; religion; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Iran: Procedural and Legal Information about Arrest and Detention Procedures by Different Security Organs
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Court summonses and arrest warrants, including issuance procedures, methods of delivery, description of the documents and the information they contain; prevalence of fraudulent court documents
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 September 2014
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; document fraud; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; political opposition; warrants
Title:
Islamic Penal Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran – Book Five
Source:
Islamic Republic of Iran
Accessed Date:
18 March 2015
Keywords:
corruption; crime; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police/security forces; religion
Title:
Iran. WJP Rule of Law Index 2016.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
Title:
Growing Up on Death Row: The Death Penalty and Juvenile Offenders in Iran
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
1 January 2016
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
Title:
Health Taken Hostage: Cruel Denial of Medical Care in Iran's Prisons
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 July 2016
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
Title:
The Iranian Judiciary: A Complex and Dysfunctional System
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
18 March 2015
Accessed Date:
12 January 2017
Title:
Rights Disregarded: Prisons in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
18 March 2015
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
The Revolutionary Guards. The Iran Primer.
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Restrictions on Freedom of Expression in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
Title:
Iran. Freedom of the Press 2017.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Iran. Freedom on the Net 2017.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2017
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
2 November 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Government surveillance capacity and control, including media censorship and surveillance of individual Internet activity
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2015
Accessed Date:
18 March 2015
Keywords:
freedom of expression; freedom of the press; Internet; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Tightening the Net: Internet Security and Censorship in Iran. Part 1: The National Internet Project.
Date of Document:
29 March 2016
Accessed Date:
12 January 2017
Title:
Tightening the Net Part 2: The Soft War and Cyber Tactics in Iran
Date of Document:
3 February 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Tightening the Net: Online Freedoms in Iran Following Rouhani's Reelection
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Iran. International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 August 2017
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Iran. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
The Baha'i Question Revisited: Persecution and Resilience in Iran
Source:
Bahá'í International Community
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
Title:
Treatment of elderly Baha'i followers by society and authorities; whether Baha'i seniors have access to state-run or private senior citizen homes (2012-May 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 May 2013
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Title:
Iran: The Situation of the Bahá'í Community
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
12 August 2016
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Situation and treatment of practitionners of Interuniversalism (Erfan Halgheh) (2010-October 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 November 2013
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of expression; religion
Title:
Teachings, interpretations and knowledge of Christianity among non-ethnic Christians.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 March 2014
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; Internet; religion; state surveillance
Title:
Information about the Gonabadi dervishes, including their origin, history in Iran, leaders, ideology, practice; and the treatment of dervishes and their family members by society and authorities in Iran, including whether dervishes can practice thei...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 September 2014
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; religion; social services; torture
Title:
Current situation of Baha'is in Iran
Source:
Baha'i International Community
Date of Document:
19 September 2017
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Update on the Situation for Christian Converts in Iran
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Services.
Date of Document:
June 2014
Accessed Date:
18 March 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; children; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; honour crimes; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; state surveillance; statistics; torture
Title:
Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
30 July 2014
Accessed Date:
12 January 2017
Title:
Iran: Freedom of Religion, Treatment of Religious and Ethnic Minorities. COI Compilation.
Source:
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and Documentation
Date of Document:
September 2015
Accessed Date:
12 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; nationality; penal system; police efficacy; political activities; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; statistics
Title:
The Shi'ite Leopard: Iran's Religious Persecution
Source:
Gatestone Institute
Date of Document:
25 October 2015
Accessed Date:
12 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; institutional efficacy; minorities; penal system; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; statistics
Title:
Situation and treatment of atheists and irreligious people by society and authorities, particularly in Tehran; state protection available (2014-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 December 2015
Accessed Date:
25 January 2016
Keywords:
freedom of expression; legal system; religion
Title:
Christian Converts in Iran
Source:
Finland. Finnish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
21 August 2015
Accessed Date:
12 January 2017
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
6 April 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Iran: Treatment of Atheists by State and non-State actors
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Iran: House Churches; Situation of Practising Christins; Treatment by Authorities of Christian Converts' Family Members
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
14 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Iran: Capacity and Methods of Authorities to Monitor Online Activities and Religious Activities of Iranians Living Abroad
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Iranian Kurds: On Conditions for Iranian Kurdish Parties in Iran and KRI, Activities in the Kurdish Area of Iran, Conditions in Border Area and Situation of Returnees from KRI to Iran (30 May to 9 June 2013)
Source:
Denmark. Danish Refugee Council; Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
September 2013
Accessed Date:
20 March 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; crime; document fraud; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; human rights activists; identity documents; Internet; judicial efficacy; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; rejected asylum seekers; state surveillance; torture; transport infrastructure
Title:
A Framework of Violence: Repression of the Arab Ethnic Minority in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
25 September 2014
Accessed Date:
12 January 2017
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Exit and entry procedures at airports and land borders, particularly at the Imam Khomeini International airport; whether authorities alert border officials of individuals they are looking for; incidence of bribery of Iranian border officials ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 October 2013
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; children; citizenship; corruption; crime; document fraud; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of movement; gender equality; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; marriage; military service; minorities; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political opposition; religion; state surveillance; transport infrastructure
Title:
Treatment by Iranian authorities of failed refugee claimants and family members of persons who have left Iran and claimed refugee status (2011-February 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 March 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2016
Keywords:
legal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; rejected asylum seekers; religion; state surveillance; torture
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Iran. ITUC Global Rights Index 2017. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 January 2018:
Title:
Iran. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=265496
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
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