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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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30 April 2021
KYRGYZSTAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
June 2011
Accessed Date:
27 August 2013
Title:
Kirghizistan. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
27 September 2016
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 November 2019
Accessed Date:
22 November 2019
Title:
Kirghizistan. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
27 December 2015
Accessed Date:
9 August 2017
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
7 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyz Republic. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Accessed Date:
30 April 2021
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
7 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. Freedom in the World 2019.
Accessed Date:
7 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. Nations in Transit 2018.
Accessed Date:
12 September 2018
Title:
Looking for Harmony: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Kyrgyzstan
Source:
Equal Rights Trust
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
9 August 2017
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. The Danger of Standing up for Justice and Rights in Central Asia.
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
27 March 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Kyrgystan and China: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), including relationship between China and Kyrgyzstan; activities of the organization involving the two countries (2012-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 February 2015
Accessed Date:
22 September 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; state surveillance
Title:
Kyrgyzstan at a Crossroads: Shrink or Widen the Scene for Human Rights Defenders
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 June 2016
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Protection of Fundamental Rights in Kyrgyzstan. Briefing paper ahead of EU-Kyrgyzstan human rights dialogue, May 2019.
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyzstan: End Discrimination and Tackle Impunity. Amnesty International Submission For The UN Universal Periodic Review, 35th Session of The UPR Working Group, January 2020.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2019
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic (Unofficial Translation)
Date of Document:
27 March 2007
Accessed Date:
27 August 2013
Keywords:
children; citizenship; identity documents; legislation; marriage
Title:
Kyrgyzstan: Passports and ID Documents
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
20 February 2013
Accessed Date:
27 August 2013
Keywords:
children; citizenship; corruption; document fraud; freedom of movement; government corruption; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; legislation; marriage; nationality; police corruption
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State
Accessed Date:
8 November 2019
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Kyrgyz Republic. Election for Jogorku Kenesh (Kyrgyz Supreme Council) of 4 October 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
8 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyzstan: Journalists and media face threats, attacks as ex-president is arrested
Source:
Legal Prosperity Foundation; International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
4 November 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2019
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Kyrgyz Republic
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
19 March 2019
Accessed Date:
8 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyz Republic. Presidential Election 15 October 2017. OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
8 March 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Kyrgyzstan.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Uluttar Birimdigi (UB) party, including whether the Uluttar Birimdigi has seats in the federal parliament; treatment of UB members by authorities; membership cards (2012-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 November 2016
Accessed Date:
20 September 2017
Title:
Strengthening the Vertical: Kyrgyzstan's 2016 Constitutional Referendum
Date of Document:
April 2017
Author:
Almaz Esengeldiev
Accessed Date:
9 August 2017
Title:
Kyrgyz Republic. Election for President of 15 October 2017.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
8 November 2019
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Inter-marriage between a Uyghur person and a Kyrgyz person, including treatment by society and the authorities (2011-April 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 April 2013
Accessed Date:
26 September 2014
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; gender equality; marriage
Title:
Report to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women. Re: shelters and protection orders for victims of violence against women in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Source:
American University of Central Asia. Law and Human Rights Department.
Date of Document:
8 March 2017
Author:
Meghan McCormack ; Aiymbubu Djaparkulova
Accessed Date:
9 August 2017
Title:
Kyrgyzstan: Pressure Builds to Protect Women and Girls
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 May 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
27 February 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
11 March 2015
Accessed Date:
2 August 2016
Title:
Important step forward for girls' rights in Kyrgyzstan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 October 2016
Accessed Date:
9 August 2017
Title:
Gender in Society Perception Study
Source:
United Nations Population Fund
Accessed Date:
8 November 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan. Addendum: Information provided by Kyrgyzstan in follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CEDAW/C/KGZ/CO/4/Add.1
Date of Document:
26 April 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
News release: Short overview of LGBT rights situation in Kyrgyzstan for 2016
Date of Document:
5 February 2017
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Kyrgyzstan: A taboo concealing widespread hatred and violence. Challenging hate: Monitoring anti-LGBT “hate speech” and responses to it in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine.
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Less Equal: LGBTI Human Rights Defenders in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 December 2017
Page Numbers:
31-36; 44-50
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
La situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 March 2017
Accessed Date:
20 November 2019
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Kyrgyz Republic: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
Accessed Date:
8 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyz Republic. Country Reports on Terrorism 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. The Structure of Corruption: A Systemic Analysis Using Eurasian Cases.
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
10 August 2017
Title:
Kyrgyzstan: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
3 July 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. 2019 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 June 2019
Accessed Date:
8 November 2019
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
A Guide to the Legal System and Legal Research in the Kyrgyz Republic
Date of Document:
February 2017
Author:
Sania Battalova et al.
Accessed Date:
10 August 2017
Title:
Kyrgyzstan: Government Report Exposes Scale of Prison Torture
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
Accessed Date:
10 August 2017
Title:
“We Live in Constant Fear”: Possession of Extremist Material in Kyrgyzstan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 September 2018
Accessed Date:
27 September 2018
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Kyrgyzstan
Source:
Article 19; Media Policy Institute
Date of Document:
18 July 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. Freedom on the Net 2019.
Accessed Date:
28 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. Media Sustainability Index 2019.
Source:
International Research and Exchange Board
Accessed Date:
8 November 2019
Title:
Introduction; Analysis of the Law. Kyrgyzstan: Law on Guarantees for Activity of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Kyrgyz Republic. International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
Accessed Date:
8 November 2019
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. 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:
10 August 2017
Title:
Kyrgyzstan: State Fragility and Radicalisation. Crisis Group Europe and Central Asia Briefing N°83.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
3 October 2016
Accessed Date:
10 August 2017
Title:
Kyrgyzstan: State permission to exist still denied
Date of Document:
11 November 2016
Accessed Date:
10 August 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined eighth to tenth periodic reports of Kyrgyzstan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
30 May 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Treatment of the Uyghur [Uighur] minority by society and authorities, including state protection provided to victims of violence and discrimination; Uyghur minority political groups, including activities (2012-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 February 2015
Accessed Date:
22 September 2015
Keywords:
conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; institutional efficacy; labour; minorities; nationality; political organizations; race
Title:
Kyrgyzstan. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Treatment of returnees, including failed asylum seekers, by authorities and society (2012-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 February 2015
Accessed Date:
22 September 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; identity documents; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; race; rejected asylum seekers; social services; torture; transport infrastructure
Title:
Invisible and exploited in Kazakhstan: the plight of Kyrgyz migrant workers and members of their families
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
20 November 2019
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 31 March 2020:
Title:
Kyrgyz Republic. 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/kyrgyzstan
Accessed Date:
17 March 2020
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