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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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23 April 2021
GUATEMALA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
May 2004
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
Belize - Guatemala. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
Guatemala. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
18 November 2020
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Guatemala
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
9 April 2018
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report – Guatemala
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
4 November 2020
Title:
Guatemala. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
17 December 2015
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Guatemala. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Présentation du Guatémala
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
31 July 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Guatemala. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Accessed Date:
14 April 2021
Title:
Guatemala. Human Rights in the Americas: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 February 2020
Accessed Date:
4 November 2020
Title:
Guatemala. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
4 November 2020
Title:
Activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights in Guatemala
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
28 January 2019
Accessed Date:
10 April 2019
Title:
Guatemala. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
4 November 2020
Title:
Situation of Human Rights in Guatemala: Country Report
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 208/17
Source:
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Date of Document:
31 December 2017
Accessed Date:
9 April 2018
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Guatemala
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
7 May 2018
Accessed Date:
10 April 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Guatemala
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/GTM/1
Date of Document:
4 September 2017
Accessed Date:
9 April 2018
Title:
Joint Shadow Report Submitted by Guatemalan Civil Society Organisations to the Committee Against Torture 2014-2018
Source:
World Organisation against Torture et al.
Date of Document:
15 November 2018
Accessed Date:
10 April 2019
Title:
Situation of human rights in Guatemala
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
17 January 2020
Accessed Date:
4 November 2020
Title:
Information received from Guatemala on follow-up to the concluding observations on its fourth periodic report
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
30 April 2020
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Compilation on Guatemala
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/GTM/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
31 August 2017
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Guatemala
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/GTM/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 August 2017
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Guatemala. The Impact of Violence on the Right to Health for Displaced Persons in the North of Central America and Mexico.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Human Rights Protections in Guatemala: Evaluating State Capacity to Protect and Promote Human Rights
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America; Myrna Mack Foundation
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Guatemala. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
4 November 2020
Title:
Rights and obligations of permanent residents in Guatemala; reasons why a permanent resident may lose their status; whether it is possible to resume it and the procedures to do so
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 September 2012
Accessed Date:
28 May 2014
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain Guatemalan citizenship through marriage, including whether Guatemala allows for dual citizenship with Colombia (2009-January 2011)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 February 2011
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Guatemala. Election for Congreso de la República (Guatemalan Congress of the Republic) of 16 June 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Republic of Guatemala. Election for President of 16 June 2019 (Round 1).
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Republic of Guatemala. Election for President of 11 August 2019 (Round 2).
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Guatemala: Political and Socioeconomic Conditions and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
20 March 2019
Author:
Maureen Taft-Morales
Accessed Date:
10 April 2019
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Guatemala
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
22 November 2017
Accessed Date:
10 April 2019
Title:
USAID/Guatemala Gender Analysis 2018. Final Report
Date of Document:
14 September 2018
Author:
Ana Landa Ugarte et al.
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Guatemala. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
25 November 2020
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention. Eighth and ninth periodic reports of States parties due in 2015: Guatemala.
Date of Document:
11 January 2016
Accessed Date:
26 April 2019
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection, and services available to victims
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 May 2012
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation Purposes in Guatemala
Source:
International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala; United Nations Children's Fund
Accessed Date:
2 March 2017
Title:
Information received from Guatemala on follow-up to the concluding observations on its combined eighth and ninth periodic reports
Code:
CEDAW/C/GTM/FCO/8-9
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
19 February 2020
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Human Rights Violations Against Transgender Women in Guatemala
Source:
Organización Trans Reinas de la Noche et al.
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Guatemala. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
31 March 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Guatemala: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Guatemala. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2020, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Saving Guatemala's Fight Against Crime and Impunity. Latin America Report Nº 70.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
24 October 2018
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Against the Odds: CICIG in Guatemala
Source:
Open Society Foundations
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
25 April 2017
Title:
Review of implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Executive Summary.
Code:
CAC/COSP/IRG/I/4/1/Add.33
Source:
Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption
Date of Document:
19 November 2015
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Mafia of the Poor: Gang Violence and Extortion in Central America. Latin America Report N°62.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
6 April 2017
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Gangs in Central America
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
29 August 2016
Author:
Clare Ribando Seelke
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Home Sweet Home? Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador's role in a Deepening Refugee Crisis
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 October 2016
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Guatemala Elites and Organized Crime
Date of Document:
1 September 2016
Author:
Edgar Gutiérrez; Steven Dudley
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Easy Prey: Criminal Violence and Central American Migration. Latin American Report N°57.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 July 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Homicides in Guatemala: Analyzing the Data
Date of Document:
20 April 2017
Accessed Date:
9 April 2018
Title:
Closed Doors: Mexico's Failure to Protect Central American Refugee and Migrant Children
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
31 March 2016
Author:
Michael Garcia Bochenek
Editor:
Zama Coursen-Neff et al.
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
What Is Behind the High Cost of Crime in the Northern Triangle? Recent Trends in Crime and Victimization. The Costs of Crime and Violence: New Evidence and Insights in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Source:
Inter-American Development Bank
Date of Document:
February 2017
Author:
Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Cause or Consequence? Reframing violence and displacement in Guatemala.
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
September 2018
Author:
Ananda S. Millard; Gloria Lara-Florian
Editor:
Jeremy Lennard; Rory O'Keeffe
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Gang Presence in Guatemala City
Date of Document:
26 April 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
ILAC Rule of Law Assessment Report: Guatemala
Source:
International Legal Assistance Consortium
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Running out the Clock. How Guatemala's Courts could doom the Fight against Impunity.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 November 2017
Editor:
Daniel Wilkinson et al.
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Requirements and procedures for lodging a report with the police; avenues of recourse for filing complaints against the police for corruption or misconduct; requirements and procedures to obtain a copy of the police report (2013-March 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 April 2015
Accessed Date:
21 April 2016
Title:
Guatemala SSR Background Note
Source:
International Security Sector Advisory Team
Date of Document:
26 January 2018
Accessed Date:
9 April 2018
Title:
Guatemala. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2019. Volume II: Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 5
Source:
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Date of Document:
24 February 2020
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Guatemala. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Guatemala. The Indigenous World 2020.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on her visit to Guatemala
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
10 August 2018
Accessed Date:
24 April 2019
Title:
Observations on the State of Indigenous Human Rights in Guatemala. Prepared for: The 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review.
Source:
Cultural Survival
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
9 April 2018
Title:
Guatemala: Maya. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
9 April 2018
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
Title:
Circumstances under which victims of domestic violence and gang violence are granted protection; protection offered to claimants who do not meet Refugee Convention grounds, but instead claim a risk to their life or a risk of torture, or cruel and unusual treatment (2016-August 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 October 2018
Accessed Date:
13 March 2019
Title:
United States: Removal proceedings pursuant to Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Sec. 237(a)(1)(A) of an accepted refugee and permanent resident, due to a finding of misrepresenting a material fact in an asylum claim; whether a decision to find someone ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 January 2019
Author:
Clara Long; Grace Meng
Editor:
Grace Meng et al.
Accessed Date:
13 March 2019
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 November 2020:
Title:
Guatemala. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/guatemala/
Accessed Date:
20 March 2020
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