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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.
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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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CHINA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
July 2011
Accessed Date:
20 October 2014
Keywords:
map; transport infrastructure
Accessed Date:
30 May 2016
Accessed Date:
17 October 2013
Accessed Date:
20 October 2014
Title:
Chine. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
8 November 2012
Title:
China. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
1 October 2019
Accessed Date:
23 October 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. China: Falun Gong. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
28 August 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. China: Christians. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
19 May 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; religion; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
China. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. China: Non-Christian religious groups. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
26 October 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. China: Opposition to the state. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Chine/Tibet : langues tibétaines et connaissance de la langue chinoise
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
10 December 2015
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. China: Background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2018
Title:
Chine/Tibet : différents noms de lieux géographiques et connaissance des unités administratives
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
2 December 2015
Accessed Date:
1 March 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map; statistics
Title:
China. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
21 March 2019
Title:
China. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Congressional-Executive Commission on China Annual Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
Date of Document:
10 October 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2018
Title:
China. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: China
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/CHN/1
Date of Document:
20 August 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Tibet. Freedom in the World 2019.
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
China. Freedom in the World 2019.
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on China
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/CHN/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
3 September 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2018
Title:
China: COI Compilation
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
March 2014
Accessed Date:
11 July 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; conflict; corruption; country overview; crime; disappeared persons; document fraud; domestic violence; drug trafficking; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; minorities; nationality; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; race; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual violence; social services; state surveillance; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons; transport infrastructure
Title:
Human Rights in China and U.S. Policy: Issues for the 115th Congress
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
17 July 2017
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
“Defending Rights in a ‘No Rights Zone'”: Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2018)
Source:
Chinese Human Rights Defenders
Date of Document:
21 February 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Compilation on China
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/CHN/2
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
27 August 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China – China Law No. 71
Accessed Date:
8 February 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Security features of birth certificates, including the meaning of the alphanumeric code (2000-December 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 January 2018
Accessed Date:
20 September 2018
Title:
China. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Information on electronic/biometric passports, including security features, Radio Frequency ID (RFID) technology and wireless tracking capacity; exit procedures at international airports, including e-passport verification, security checkpoints, and the use of facial recognition technology (2013-2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 September 2015
Accessed Date:
21 October 2015
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; transport infrastructure
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: China and Taiwan
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
26 October 2016
Title:
Passport Law of the People's Republic of China
Accessed Date:
28 October 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; document fraud; freedom of movement; identity documents
Title:
Requirements and procedures for the issuance of passports abroad, including whether all embassies require proof of status; instances when a Resident Identity Card (RIC) number would not appear in the passport (2012-September 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 September 2013
Accessed Date:
31 October 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Procedure and requirements to obtain a biometric passport, including date they started to be issued; indicators that the passport is biometric, including symbols
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 May 2013
Accessed Date:
29 October 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Instances in which the letter 'X' is used at the end of the identification number on a resident identity card
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 May 2014
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Process to obtain a People's Republic of China (PRC) driver's licence; documents required; whether the serial number on the national identity card is the same as the ID number that appears on the driver's licence (2014-September 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 October 2016
Accessed Date:
31 October 2016
Title:
Household registration booklets (hukous) with loose pages inserted; whether or not hukous with loose pages exist in Changsha, Hunan province; the production of these hukous and their security features
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 June 2006
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Whether the 15-digit identity number appearing on a Resident Identity Card (RIC) or a newly assigned 18-digit number would appear on official documents, if the Chinese citizen obtaining the official documents continued to be in possession of ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 September 2013
Accessed Date:
31 October 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Whether a new Resident Identity Card (RIC) is issued at the same time as a new hukou to reflect a change of address when a person moves out; procedures for updating a RIC with a change of address; Information that applies to Hebei Province (2014 ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 August 2016
Accessed Date:
26 October 2016
Title:
Household registration for a collective or non-family group (jiti hukou)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 August 2009
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents; labour
Title:
Procedures in Hebei province for updating a hukou with a change of address or after a change in the head of household, including whether new pages are added or an entirely new booklet is issued (2014-July 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 July 2016
Accessed Date:
26 October 2016
Title:
Whether the 15-digit identity number appearing on Resident Identity Cards issued prior to 1 October 1999 or a newly assigned 18-digit number would appear on official documents issued after 1 October 1999, if the Chinese citizen obtaining the official...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 June 2005
Accessed Date:
21 February 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Procedures for issuing second-generation Resident Identity Cards (RICs), including whether the procedures vary in different parts of China; application processing times and whether validity periods are assigned when the application is made...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 July 2011
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Appearance of the second-generation Resident Identity Card (RIC), including personal information represented on the card; procedure for testing cards for authenticity
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 July 2011
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
The master list of Resident Identity Card (RIC) provincial codes
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 September 2009
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
National Resident Identity Cards; background information; description; issuance procedures
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 February 2005
Accessed Date:
21 February 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Information on birth registration for children born out of wedlock; whether the name of the father appears on the birth certificate if the child is born out of wedlock; what information may appear on the birth certificate if the if the father i...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 June 2016
Accessed Date:
19 October 2016
Title:
Fraudulent documents, including the manufacturing, procurement, distribution and use of passports, hukou, and resident identity cards (RICs), particularly in Guangdong and Fujian; instances of officials issuing fraudulent RICs to citizens and...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 October 2013
Accessed Date:
31 October 2013
Keywords:
corruption; document fraud; freedom of movement; identity documents; Internet; organized crime
Title:
Requirements and procedures to reacquire Chinese citizenship; length of process and information on other forms of status or temporary status while reacquiring citizenship; whether the children of Chinese nationals, who are born abroad, can...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 January 2016
Accessed Date:
27 May 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; identity documents; legislation
Title:
Documents and parental authorization required to obtain a passport for a minor in Henan Province; procedures and requirements for obtaining a passport for a minor born out of wedlock if the parents are not married and only one parent has custody ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 June 2016
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
7. The Hukou Document. China: Reforms of the Household Registration System (Hukou) (1998-2004). Issue Paper.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
February 2005
Accessed Date:
22 October 2018
Title:
2014 hukou reform policy and its local implementation; security features and other physical characteristics of hukou [household registry] documents issued in 2013-2014; anti-fraud measures introduced for hukou documents; whether features...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 December 2015
Accessed Date:
27 May 2016
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; institutional efficacy; political activities; statistics
Title:
Requirements and procedures to reacquire Chinese nationality, including the length of the process; whether children of Chinese nationals born abroad can obtain nationality (2017-February 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 February 2019
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Title:
Information contained in birth and notarial certificates; reasons why a person would obtain a notarial certificate rather than a notarized copy of the original birth record
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 July 2010
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
children; citizenship; document fraud; identity documents
Title:
Family planning-related documents issued by the family planning authorities and/or hospitals in Guangdong Province, including whether authorities issue reports detailing abortions, sterilizations, and/or implantations of IUDs (intrauterine devices)...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 September 2015
Accessed Date:
9 October 2015
Keywords:
children; family law; identity documents; marriage; medical records; political activities; social services
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: China.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Understanding China's Political System
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
20 March 2013
Author:
Susan V. Lawrence; Michael F. Martin
Accessed Date:
20 October 2014
Keywords:
children; corruption; election; ethnic and national groups; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; government corruption; Internet; legislation; map; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; social services; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: China
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
26 August 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
China Democracy Party (CDP) in Guangdong, including structure and activities; treatment of CDP members by authorities (2012-December 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 December 2013
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
legislation; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; statistics; torture
Title:
Candidates Obstructed in Violation of Chinese Election Law (10/21-11/3, 2016)
Source:
Chinese Human Rights Defenders
Date of Document:
4 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 August 2017
Title:
China. Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui (National People's Congress).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
19 March 2018
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
The People's Republic of China's Law on the Management of the Activities of Overseas NGOs within Mainland China
Accessed Date:
29 August 2017
Title:
Canadian Committee of the Democracy Party of China (CCDPC) [Canada Committee of the Democratic Party of China; Democratic Party of China, Canada Committee; Democratic Party of China in Canada; Democratic Party of China National Committee ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 September 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Family planning violations in the province of Liaoning; whether information about a person who is wanted by family planning authorities in Liaoning province is entered in the Golden Shield or Policenet databases
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 April 2015
Accessed Date:
27 October 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; crime; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; penal system; police/security forces; social services; statistics
Title:
Population and Family Planning Law of the People's Republic of China (Order of the President No. 63)
Accessed Date:
8 February 2013
Keywords:
children; family law; legislation
Title:
Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China
Accessed Date:
20 October 2014
Keywords:
children; family law; legislation; marriage
Title:
Treatment of 'illegal' or 'black' children born outside the family planning policy; whether unregistered children are denied access to education, health care and other services; information on punitive measures taken against parents who violated family planning policy before and/or after policy changes effective January 2016 (2013-September 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 October 2016
Accessed Date:
31 October 2016
Title:
Whether Family Planning authorities, including in Guangdong and Fujian provinces, enforce the two-child policy through forced abortions, sterilization, and other birth control methods; information on measures taken against parents who fail to ...
Additional Info.:
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Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 October 2019
Accessed Date:
23 October 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. China: Contravention of national population and family-planning laws. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Effects of the implementation of the Two-Child Family Planning Policy on children born outside the country and their parents, including access to social services and benefits, particularly in Guangdong, Fujian, Hebei, and Liaoning; punitive ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 October 2018
Accessed Date:
26 October 2018
Title:
Marriage and divorce certificates, including physical characteristics, regulations and standards governing their appearance and content; requirements and procedures to obtain them (2014-August 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 August 2017
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
Title:
China's New Domestic Violence Law: Keeping Victims Out of Harm's Way?
Source:
Yale Law School. Paul Tsai China Center.
Date of Document:
1 June 2017
Accessed Date:
29 August 2017
Title:
Instances when the Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention issues a Fujian certificate of vaccination to 'black children' (children born outside the family planning policy) and whether the certificate would have a 'Child No.' written on...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 May 2014
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
children; family law; identity documents; legislation; social services
Title:
English translations and update of the Regulations on Population and Family Planning for the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian and English translations of the Regulations on Population and Family Planning and the Rules for Implementation of ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 April 2019
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Title:
People's Republic of China. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
12 February 2019
Title:
Implementation of family planning policy changes permitting two children announced 29 October 2015 (November 2015-April 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 May 2016
Accessed Date:
27 May 2016
Keywords:
children; family law; legislation
Title:
Whether a National Population and Family Planning Commission directive prohibiting forced abortion and sterilization was issued in 2012 and implemented (2012-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 March 2015
Accessed Date:
9 October 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; country overview; crime; ethnic and national groups; family law; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services
Title:
“Have You Considered Your Parents' Happiness?”: Conversion Therapy Against LGBT People in China
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 November 2017
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
La situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 February 2015
Accessed Date:
17 October 2016
Title:
Being LGBT in Asia: China Country Report. A Participatory Review and Analysis of the Legal and Social Environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Persons and Civil Society.
Source:
United Nations Development Programme; United States. Agency for International Development.
Date of Document:
8 August 2014
Accessed Date:
2 March 2015
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Being LGBT in China: A National Survey on Social Attitudes toward Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression
Source:
United Nations Development Programme
Date of Document:
15 May 2016
Accessed Date:
17 October 2016
Title:
China: “I need my parents' consent to be myself” – Barriers to gender-affirming treatments for transgender people in China
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 May 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
China. Bribery and Corruption 2019.
Source:
Global Legal Insights
Date of Document:
4 December 2018
Author:
Hui Xu; Sean Wu; Catherine Palmer
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
China (Hong Kong and Macao). Country Reports on Terrorism 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2018
Title:
China: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
China: Disclose Details of Terrorism Convictions
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 March 2017
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
China's Response to Terrorism
Source:
CNA Analysis; United States - China Economic and Security Review Commission
Date of Document:
June 2016
Author:
Murray Scot Tanner; James Bellacqua
Accessed Date:
17 October 2016
Title:
China. 2019 Crime and Safety Report: Beijing.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
8 April 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
A Brief Introduction to the Chinese Judicial System and Court Hierarchy. Briefing Paper.
Author:
Yifan Wang et al.
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
English translation of samples of summonses
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 February 2018
Accessed Date:
4 June 2018
Title:
Regulations on summonses; information on the contents of summonses, including whether these indicate where a person must present his or herself, including street address (2014-October 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 October 2015
Accessed Date:
27 October 2015
Keywords:
identity documents; legal system; legislation
Title:
Legislation and procedures regarding land expropriation in urban and rural areas; documentation issued in cases of land expropriation; recourse available to citizens who oppose land expropriation; state response to citizens who resist...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 October 2015
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; government corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; torture
Title:
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
Format of notices of detention and notices of arrest, including signatures, letterhead and information contained in the documents (2015-June 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 July 2018
Accessed Date:
20 September 2018
Title:
Land Reform Efforts in China
Source:
The US-China Business Council. China Business Review.
Date of Document:
1 October 2012
Author:
Zhu Keliang; Roy Prosterman
Accessed Date:
20 October 2014
Keywords:
conflict; government corruption; human rights activists; labour; legislation; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Macao, China
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
3 January 2016
Accessed Date:
19 May 2016
Title:
“Special Measures”: Detention and Torture in the Chinese Communist Party's Shuanggui System
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 December 2016
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
Samples of summonses and subpoenas
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 October 2013
Accessed Date:
31 October 2013
Title:
Circumstances and authorities responsible for issuing summonses/subpoenas; procedural law; whether summonses and subpoenas are given to individuals or households; format and appearance; whether legality can be challenged; penalties for failure to comply with a summons or subpoena
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 November 2012
Accessed Date:
24 April 2013
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; police/security forces
Title:
Whether Chinese authorities issue prison visiting cards; the requirements and eligibility to obtain these cards; the rules and conditions for visiting a person in a prison; how visits are recorded.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 April 2012
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; identity documents; legislation; minorities; penal system
Title:
Plight and Prospects: The Landscape for Cause Lawyers in China
Source:
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice; Committee to Support Chinese Lawyers
Accessed Date:
19 May 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; disappeared persons; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political prisoners; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Public Security Administration Punishments Law of the People's Republic of China [Revised]
Accessed Date:
20 October 2014
Keywords:
legislation; penal system
Title:
Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese and English Text)
Accessed Date:
19 May 2016
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; political activities
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of China
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
3 February 2016
Accessed Date:
19 May 2016
Title:
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China.
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
China: Police DNA Database Threatens Privacy
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 May 2017
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
China: Voice Biometric Collection Threatens Privacy
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 October 2017
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
Forced Psychiatric Commitment of Dissidents Continues as Police act Above Enacted Law
Source:
Chinese Human Rights Defenders
Date of Document:
5 May 2016
Accessed Date:
17 October 2016
Title:
The Public Security Bureau (PSB) Golden Shield Project, including implementation and effectiveness; Policenet, including areas of operation; level and effectiveness of information sharing by the authorities (2010-February 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 March 2014
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
crime; identity documents; Internet; legislation; police/security forces; state surveillance
Title:
Structure of the public security police; whether witness protection programs exist for those fearing organized crime groups (2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 October 2014
Accessed Date:
30 October 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; extralegal executions/killings; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police report; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; torture; witness protection
Title:
Tiger Chairs and Cell Bosses: Police Torture of Criminal Suspects in China
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 May 2015
Accessed Date:
14 October 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; extralegal executions/killings; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; torture
Title:
Whether authorities seize the passports of persons who are the subject of criminal summons or a police investigation, or are facing criminal charges (2013-February 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 February 2014
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; disappeared persons; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; human rights activists; identity documents; Internet; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political prisoners; state surveillance
Title:
Media Censorship in China
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
17 February 2017
Author:
Beina Xu; Eleanor Albert
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
China. Freedom on the Net 2018.
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
China. Freedom of the Press 2017.
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
22 March 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
China (Includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau). International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
China. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2019 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
2018 Annual Report: Chinese Government Persecution of Churches and Christians in Mainland China, January-December 2018
Source:
ChinaAid Association
Date of Document:
28 February 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Christian proselytism; treatment of Christians who proselytize, particularly in Guangdong and Fujian (2016-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 September 2018
Accessed Date:
26 October 2018
Title:
The Battle for China's Spirit. Religious Revival, Repression, and Resistance under Xi Jinping.
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
Treatment of 'ordinary' Christian house church members by the Public Security Bureau (PSB), including treatment of children of house church members (2009-2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 October 2014
Accessed Date:
30 October 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; human rights activists; identity documents; legal system; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; religion; social services; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Falun Gong. 7th Translation Edition.
Accessed Date:
16 October 2018
Title:
Whether a person detained at an underground church meeting would have his or her name placed in the Public Security Bureau (PSB) databases
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 September 2015
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
Internet; political activities; religion; state surveillance
Title:
Falun Dafa (Falun Gong, Falungong); history, details of practice, organizational structures; treatment of practitioners; laws and practice regarding other non-recognized practices and religions
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 November 1999
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Title:
Information on the Disciples Society [Association of Disciples, Mentu Hui], including the founder, history, beliefs, and areas of activity; treatment of members by authorities (2015-July 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 October 2017
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
Title:
Information on the Olive Tree Church in Beijing and in Foshan, Guangdong Province, including founders, history, beliefs and areas of activity; treatment of members by authorities (2013-July 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 October 2017
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
Title:
Zhuan Falun. English Version.
Date of Document:
31 July 2019
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Title:
Background Paper. Protestants in China.
Source:
Australia. Refugee Review Tribunal.
Date of Document:
21 March 2013
Accessed Date:
17 October 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; government corruption; human rights activists; legislation; minorities; penal system; political organizations; religion; statistics
Title:
Backgrounder. Religion in China.
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
11 October 2018
Accessed Date:
30 October 2018
Accessed Date:
20 October 2014
Title:
Treatment of Guanyin Famen practitioners (Kuan Yin Famen, Guanyin Method, Quanyin Famen, Way of the Goddess of Mercy, Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association) (2014-August 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 August 2015
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; legal system; legislation; religion
Title:
Church Order of Protestant Churches in China. Chinese Theological Review: 21
Source:
Foundation for Theological Education in South East Asia
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Monitoring of Chinese citizens who practice Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) outside of China; consequences upon return to China (2013-September 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 October 2016
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
Canada and China: The Falun Dafa Association of Canada (FDAC); requirements for membership in the FDAC; whether there are genuine Falun Dafa practitioners who are not members of the FDAC; the process undertaken by the FDAC when someone requests a letter vouching for them as a genuine Falun Gong practitioner (2014-Present)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 September 2016
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
The Two Hand Positions for Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts
Date of Document:
12 June 2001
Accessed Date:
17 October 2013
Title:
Whether the readings at Roman Catholic mass are prescribed and consistent across all churches, including Chinese Catholic churches in Toronto; information on the Roman Catholic Initiation for Adults (RCIA), including its application...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 March 2011
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Title:
Treatment of family members of Falun Gong practitioners by authorities; situation of persons who assist Falun Gong practitioners; the treatment of such persons if they deny knowledge of having assisted Falun Gong practitioners, agree to cease...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 October 2013
Accessed Date:
31 October 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; human rights activists; religion; statistics
Title:
Treatment of Falun Gong practitioners by state authorities; whether state authorities treat Falun Gong leaders differently than other Falun Gong practitioners (2013-September 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
abduction; freedom of expression; labour; legal system; penal system; religion; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Doctrinal and denominational differences between registered and unregistered Protestant churches; whether members who practice in registered Protestant churches must pledge loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 October 2009
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
political activities; religion
Title:
Righteous Thoughts
Date of Document:
13 October 2002
Accessed Date:
17 October 2013
Title:
Treatment of Patriotic Christian Churches and church members by authorities, including the Public Security Bureau (PSB) (2016-August 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 August 2019
Accessed Date:
23 October 2019
Title:
The 'Shouters,' including origins and founders, core beliefs, activities, and treatment of members by authorities (2017-October 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 October 2019
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Title:
Christian House Churches, including smaller congregations that meet in people's homes; activities and beliefs; treatment of members by authorities, including in Guangdong, Fujian, and Hebei Provinces (2017-October 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 October 2019
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Title:
Religious texts used by the Church of the Almighty God (Eastern Lightning)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 October 2014
Accessed Date:
30 October 2014
Title:
Update of CHN106256 of 23 September 2019 on the Church of Almighty God (CAG) (quan neng shen jiao; Quannengshen), also known as 'Eastern Lightning,' including its leaders, location and activities; treatment of members by society and ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 October 2019
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
The 'Green Book' issued to Tibetans; how it is obtained and maintained, and whether holders enjoy rights equivalent to Indian citizenship (April 2006)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 April 2006
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; identity documents; minorities; nationality; political activities; political opposition
Title:
Citizenship recognition, including voting rights, for children of Tibetan refugees born in India in the context of the December 2010 and December 2014 Delhi High Court rulings; August 2013 Karnataka High Court ruling; and children born to one...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 April 2015
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; legal system; legislation; nationality
Title:
Residency rights of Tibetan refugees, including the requirements and procedures for Tibetan refugees to obtain a Registration Certificate; rights to employment, education, health care, and other social services; consequences for Tibetans without...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 January 2015
Accessed Date:
28 May 2015
Keywords:
children; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; identity documents; internal displacement; labour; legal system; political activities; rejected asylum seekers; social services
Title:
China's new counter-terrorism law: Implications and Dangers for Tibetans and Uyghurs
Source:
International Campaign for Tibet; International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
The Delhi High Court decision, of August 2016, on the rights of Tibetans to citizenship and access to passports, including implementation (August 2016-April 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 May 2017
Accessed Date:
25 May 2017
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention. Fourteenth to seventeenth reports of states parties, due in 2015.
Date of Document:
18 April 2017
Accessed Date:
22 October 2018
Title:
Tibet's Stateless Nationals III: The Status of Tibetan Refugees in India
Source:
Tibet Justice Center
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
Relentless: Detention and Prosecution of Tibetans under China's “Stability Maintenance” Campaign
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 May 2016
Accessed Date:
17 October 2016
Title:
Human Rights Situation in Tibet: Annual Report 2018
Source:
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
Date of Document:
16 May 2019
Accessed Date:
23 October 2019
Title:
China: Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 96th Session, 6-30 August 2018.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 July 2018
Accessed Date:
16 October 2018
Title:
Prisoners of Conscience in Tibet. Special Report 2016.
Source:
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights & Democracy
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
China: Situation of Uyghurs. COI Compilation.
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
April 2016
Accessed Date:
27 October 2016
Title:
Language of instruction for ethnic Koreans in the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning; list of Korean schools in Muling, Heilongjiang since 1960
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 April 2013
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; minorities; social services; statistics
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourteenth to seventeenth periodic reports of China (including Hong Kong, China and Macao, China)
Code:
CERD/C/CHN/CO/14-17
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
19 September 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2018
Source:
United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Date of Document:
18 June 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Seeking a Place to Breathe Freely: Current Challenges Faced by Uyghur Refugees & Asylum Seekers
Source:
World Uyghur Congress
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
30 October 2017
Title:
“Eradicating Ideological Viruses”: China's Campaign of Repression Against Xinjiang's Muslims
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 September 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2018
Title:
China's Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Mass Surveillance App
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 May 2019
Accessed Date:
15 October 2019
Title:
“Illegal Organizations”: China's Crackdown on Tibetan Social Groups
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 July 2018
Accessed Date:
15 October 2019
Title:
China: “Where are they?” Time for answers about mass detentions in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 September 2018
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Canada and China: Methods used by the Canadian consulates in China to deliver visas to applicants, including in-person, mail, or courier
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 November 2013
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
China/Hong Kong/Macao [Macau]: Documents required by Chinese nationals from Mainland China to enter and exit Hong Kong and Macao, including how the documents are processed by border officials (2012-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 January 2015
Accessed Date:
24 August 2015
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation
Title:
Exit controls and security measures at airports, particularly Beijing airport, for Chinese citizens travelling overseas, including procedures at check points and the use of computerized identity verification and facial recognition ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 October 2019
Accessed Date:
24 October 2019
Title:
The People's Republic of China (PRC) Travel Document/Permit; what documents a PRC citizen needs to provide in order to obtain the PRC Travel Document/Permit
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 October 2009
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; freedom of movement; identity documents; internal displacement; legislation; nationality
Title:
China/Hong Kong: Requirements for entry to Hong Kong for Chinese citizens from Mainland China
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 November 2012
Accessed Date:
17 October 2013
Keywords:
freedom of movement; human rights activists; identity documents; legislation; minorities; religion
Title:
Whether a Chinese national who is married to a permanent resident of Hong Kong would be able to acquire permanent residency status in Hong Kong
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 February 2008
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; freedom of movement; identity documents; internal displacement; legislation; marriage; nationality
Title:
Temporary and permanent migration between provinces, including documentation needed and reporting requirements; whether citizens relocate without fulfilling official requirements and the effect on access to housing, employment, and health care...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 August 2012
Accessed Date:
21 February 2013
Keywords:
children; freedom of movement; identity documents; social services; state surveillance
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain exit certificates; including issuing authority, processing time, and grounds for refusal as per the 2012 Exit and Entry Administration Law (2014-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 February 2015
Accessed Date:
20 October 2015
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; transport infrastructure
Title:
China and the United States: Issuance procedures for visitor visas at the United States Embassy in Beijing, including whether a security check and fingerprints are part of the requirements; whether the visa can be obtained through a third party...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 June 2013
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Ability of ethnic Tibetans who are Chinese citizens to obtain passports from inside of China and from embassies abroad (August 2013-September 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 March 2014
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; government corruption; human rights activists; identity documents; legislation; nationality; religion
Title:
Whether citizens require an exit certificate to be issued by the Public Security Bureau in order to leave the country, including legislation (2013-February 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 February 2014
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation; nationality
Title:
United States and Canada: The Peace Arch park on the border between Washington state and British Columbia, including patrol procedures by the border agencies of both countries; whether it is possible to cross the border in the park without detection
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2014
Accessed Date:
30 October 2014
Keywords:
country overview
Title:
Whether flights between Mainland China and Hong Kong or Macau are considered by authorities to be international flights (2014-August 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 August 2016
Accessed Date:
26 October 2016
Title:
One Passport, Two Systems: China's Restrictions on Foreign Travel by Tibetans and Others
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 July 2015
Accessed Date:
14 October 2015
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; map; minorities; political activities; religion
Title:
Passenger information gathered by airlines for international flights to and from China (2014-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 March 2015
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; transport infrastructure
Title:
Whether the US Embassy verifies personal information of visa applicants with Chinese authorities, including the Public Security Bureau (PSB) (2015-August 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 September 2017
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
Title:
No. 57. The Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People's Republic of China.
Accessed Date:
19 May 2016
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; state surveillance
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 28 June 2019:
Title:
China. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
3 December 2018
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. China: Contravention of national population and family-planning laws. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2017
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/657446/China_-_Family_Planning_-_CPIN_-_v2.0.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. China: Opposition to the state. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2018
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/710154/China_-_Oppn_to_the_State_-_CPIN_-_v2.0__May_2018__ex.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
China. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 January 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/china-and-tibet
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Tibet. Freedom in the World 2018.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/tibet
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
China. Freedom in the World 2018.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/china
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
“They Target My Human Rights Work as a Crime”: Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2017)
Source:
Chinese Human Rights Defenders
Date of Document:
26 February 2018
URL:
https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CHRD-2017-Annual-Report-of-Situation-of-HRDs-in-China_Feb-2018.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 October 2018
Title:
China. 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/China.html
Accessed Date:
23 October 2018
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: China
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
16 June 2018
URL:
http://www.icnl.org/research/monitor/china.html
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
China: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-trafficking-in-persons-report/china/
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
China. 2018 Crime and Safety Report: Beijing.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
2 May 2018
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/1f5d9d5b-5413-448a-8123-15f4ae62cc2e
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
China. Bribery and Corruption 2018.
Source:
Global Legal Insights
Date of Document:
19 December 2017
URL:
https://www.globallegalinsights.com/practice-areas/bribery-and-corruption/global-legal-insights---bribery-and-corruption/china
Accessed Date:
22 October 2018
Title:
China. Freedom on the Net 2017.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2016/china
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
China (Includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau). International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2017-report-on-international-religious-freedom/china/
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
China. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2018 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2018
URL:
http://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2018USCIRFAR.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
2017 Annual Report: Chinese Government Persecution of Churches and Christians in Mainland China, January-December 2017
Source:
ChinaAid Association
Date of Document:
1 February 2018
URL:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6IXircRgkLWRW02ckxiNi1HRHJyWktmbHRIQ1NLMUFNT3ZZ/view
Accessed Date:
16 October 2018
Title:
Zhuan Falun. English Version.
URL:
http://en.falundafa.org/eng/pdf/Zhuan-Falun-2018.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 October 2018
Title:
Church Order of Protestant Churches in China
Source:
Chinese Protestant Church
Date of Document:
15 May 2008
URL:
http://www.dalianliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Chinese-TPSM-Statement-of-Faith-English.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 November 2012
Title:
Human Rights Situation in Tibet: Annual Report 2017
Source:
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
Date of Document:
7 May 2018
URL:
http://tchrd.org/2017-annual-report-on-human-rights-situation-in-tibet/
Accessed Date:
16 October 2018
Title:
Assessment Report on the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2012-2015)
Source:
China. Information Office of the State Council.
Date of Document:
15 June 2016
URL:
http://english.gov.cn/archive/white_paper/2016/06/15/content_281475372197438.htm
Accessed Date:
7 October 2016
Title:
Family planning laws, enforcement and exceptions, particularly in the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian; reports of forced sterilization of men and women; consequences to officials who force women to have an abortion; whether family...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 October 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455557&pls=1
Accessed Date:
30 October 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; gender equality; legislation
Title:
Whether medical facilities issue certificates to women who have had an abortion, particularly in the province of Liaoning
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 August 2009
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=452475
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
medical records
Title:
English translations of the Population and Family Planning Regulations for the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Hebei
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 October 2017
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457270
Accessed Date:
27 October 2017
Title:
Family planning laws, enforcement and exceptions in the province of Jiangsu, including reports of forced abortion or sterilization (2013-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 March 2015
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455752&pls=1
Accessed Date:
26 October 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
A signal of further reform: China amends its anti-bribery laws – key highlights
Date of Document:
10 December 2015
URL:
https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/insights/publications/2015/12/the-global-anticorruption-perspective/a-signal-of-further-reform/
Accessed Date:
29 August 2017
Title:
China: Extremism in Recent Legislation
Source:
United States. The Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
12 January 2016
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/china-extremism-in-recent-legislation/
Accessed Date:
27 October 2016
Title:
Under China's Shadow: Mistreatment of Tibetans in Nepal
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
March 2014
URL:
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2014/04/01/under-china-s-shadow
Accessed Date:
26 October 2016
Title:
Exit controls and security measures at airports for Chinese citizens travelling overseas, including procedures at check points and the use of computerized identity verification; sharing of information with officials at airports (2011-February 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 March 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455173&pls=1
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; citizenship; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; human rights activists; identity documents; Internet; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political opposition; state surveillance
Title:
China. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2019
URL:
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2018-2019/asia/china.html
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: China
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/CHN/1
Date of Document:
20 August 2018
URL:
https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/31/CHN/1
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Compilation on China
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/CHN/2
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
27 August 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/31/CHN/2
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Requirements and procedures to reacquire Chinese nationality, including the length of the process; whether children of Chinese nationals born abroad can obtain nationality (2017-February 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 February 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457730
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Title:
Information contained in birth and notarial certificates; reasons why a person would obtain a notarial certificate rather than a notarized copy of the original birth record
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 July 2010
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=453029
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
children; citizenship; document fraud; identity documents
Title:
Family planning-related documents issued by the family planning authorities and/or hospitals in Guangdong Province, including whether authorities issue reports detailing abortions, sterilizations, and/or implantations of IUDs (intrauterine devices)...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 September 2015
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456132&pls=1
Accessed Date:
9 October 2015
Keywords:
children; family law; identity documents; marriage; medical records; political activities; social services
Title:
Canadian Committee of the Democracy Party of China (CCDPC) [Canada Committee of the Democratic Party of China; Democratic Party of China, Canada Committee; Democratic Party of China in Canada; Democratic Party of China National Committee ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 September 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457896
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Whether Family Planning authorities, including in Guangdong and Fujian provinces, enforce the two-child policy through forced abortions, sterilization, and other birth control methods; information on measures taken against parents who fail to ...
Additional Info.:
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Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 October 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457929
Accessed Date:
23 October 2019
Title:
English translations and update of the Regulations on Population and Family Planning for the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian and English translations of the Regulations on Population and Family Planning and the Rules for Implementation of ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 April 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457769
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Title:
People's Republic of China. 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/CN.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 February 2019
Title:
China: “I need my parents' consent to be myself” – Barriers to gender-affirming treatments for transgender people in China
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 May 2019
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/0269/2019/en/
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China.
URL:
https://www.cecc.gov/resources/legal-provisions/criminal-procedure-law-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
22 March 2019
URL:
https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/en_rapport_chine_web_final.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Treatment of Patriotic Christian Churches and church members by authorities, including the Public Security Bureau (PSB) (2016-August 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 August 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457864
Accessed Date:
23 October 2019
Title:
The 'Shouters,' including origins and founders, core beliefs, activities, and treatment of members by authorities (2017-October 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 October 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457948
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Title:
Christian House Churches, including smaller congregations that meet in people's homes; activities and beliefs; treatment of members by authorities, including in Guangdong, Fujian, and Hebei Provinces (2017-October 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 October 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457949
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Title:
Religious texts used by the Church of the Almighty God (Eastern Lightning)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 October 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455556&pls=1
Accessed Date:
30 October 2014
Title:
Update of CHN106256 of 23 September 2019 on the Church of Almighty God (CAG) (quan neng shen jiao; Quannengshen), also known as 'Eastern Lightning,' including its leaders, location and activities; treatment of members by society and ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 October 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457950
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Source:
United States. Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Date of Document:
18 June 2019
URL:
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IF10281.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
China's Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Mass Surveillance App
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 May 2019
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/05/01/chinas-algorithms-repression/reverse-engineering-xinjiang-police-mass-surveillance
Accessed Date:
15 October 2019
Title:
“Illegal Organizations”: China's Crackdown on Tibetan Social Groups
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 July 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/07/30/illegal-organizations/chinas-crackdown-tibetan-social-groups
Accessed Date:
15 October 2019
Title:
China: “Where are they?” Time for answers about mass detentions in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 September 2018
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/9113/2018/en/
Accessed Date:
22 October 2019
Title:
Exit controls and security measures at airports, particularly Beijing airport, for Chinese citizens travelling overseas, including procedures at check points and the use of computerized identity verification and facial recognition ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 October 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457930
Accessed Date:
24 October 2019
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