Research Guides : Refugee and Asylum Law Research Guide: Reports

Non-Governmental Organizations

Amnesty International Country Reports
European Country of Origin Information Network
Forced Migration Online Digital Library
Use the drop-down menu to the right of the search box you will find a link to the Forced Migration Online Library right at the very bottom of the list.
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
International Committee of the Red Cross
Norwegion Refugee Council
Refugees International
REFWORLD Country Information
ReliefWeb Country Information
U.S. Committee for Refugees

Search Engines for Country Reports

University of Minnesota Institute of Global Studies: Basic Country Conditions

Westlaw & LexisNexis

LexisNexis - Country Reports on Human Rights
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released by the U.S. Department of State. Note: Reports are also available for free from the U.S. Dept. of State's web site.
Westlaw - Country Reports on Human Rights
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released by the U.S. Department of State. Note: Reports are also available for free from the U.S. Dept. of State's web site.

Intergovernmental Organizations

Charter-based Bodies of the United Nations

Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council

Special Procedures is a mechanism under the Human Rights Council that examines, monitors, advises and publicly reports on human rights situations in specific countries (country mandates), or on major phenomena of human rights violations worldwide (thematic mandates). Responsibility for a special procedures mechanism can fall to either an individual (Special Rapporteur) or to a working group. Use the information tools below to search for reports of the Special Procedures.

Universal Periodic Review

Started in April 2008, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process which involves a review of the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States once every four years. Under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, reviews are conducted by the UPR Working Group. Documents on which the reviews are based include: a “national report” by the State under review and reports of independent human rights experts and groups.A fact sheet on this process is available here. Use the tools below to search for UPR reports.

Treaty-based Bodies of the United Nations

Locate the State Reports and Concluding Observations from the sites below.

United States Reports

Country Reports by the U.S. Department of State
Reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
U.S. Treaty Reports
These are reports written by the U.S. on its own implementation of UN human rights treaty obligations.