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31 May 2023
CUBA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
Geology and Earth Science News and Information
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
October 2020
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Cuba. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 May 2023
Accessed Date:
18 May 2023
Title:
Cuba. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
13 February 2021
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Cuba
Date of Document:
25 August 2016
Accessed Date:
26 May 2017
Title:
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 117th Congress
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
28 December 2022
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Mental Health Atlas 2020 Member State Profile: Cuba
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organization.
Accessed Date:
19 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
4 July 2022
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
4 May 2023
Accessed Date:
18 May 2023
Title:
Cuba. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Cuba. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Cuba. Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 March 2023
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Cuba
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/CUB/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
9 March 2018
Accessed Date:
13 May 2020
Title:
Cuba. World Report 2023: Events of 2022.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2023
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity on her mission to Cuba
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
9 May 2018
Accessed Date:
9 May 2019
Title:
Cuba. Freedom in the World 2023.
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
National Report Submitted in Accordance with Paragraph 5 of the Annex to Human Rights Council Resolution 16/21: Cuba
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/CUB/1
Date of Document:
5 March 2018
Accessed Date:
24 May 2018
Title:
Cuba: Travel Regulations and Civil and Political Rights
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
7 May 2018
Title:
Cuba: A snapshot of prisoners of conscience under the government of president Miguel Diáz-Canel
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 August 2019
Accessed Date:
13 May 2020
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/CUB/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 March 2018
Accessed Date:
13 May 2020
Title:
Situation of Human Rights in Cuba
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
3 February 2020
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Cuba Responds to Landmark Demonstrations with Brutal Repression
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 July 2021
Author:
José Miguel Vivanco
Accessed Date:
23 September 2021
Title:
Cuba: Amnesty International names prisoners of conscience amidst crackdown on protesters
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
19 August 2021
Accessed Date:
23 September 2021
Title:
Cuba protests: latest information
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 July 2021
Accessed Date:
23 September 2021
Title:
COI Query Response. Cuba: Anti-government protests in 2020 and 2021.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
3 June 2022
Accessed Date:
15 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. Chapter IV.b. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2022. Human Rights Developments in the Region.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Accessed Date:
18 May 2023
Title:
Cuba: Tactics of repression must not be repeated
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 October 2022
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Cuba : participation aux manifestations de juillet 2021
Date of Document:
16 August 2022
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Cuba
Source:
Global Citizenship Observatory
Date of Document:
March 2020
Author:
Julio César Guanche
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Cuba/United States: Rights and obligations associated with having an American Visa that states 'Not a visa. Foil prepared at the DHS Request. Special Parole for Family Members of Cuban Immigrant Beneficiaries'; whether this entitles the holder to permanent residence
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 May 2011
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
The procedure for obtaining a medical report; whether there is a standard form at the national level; whether doctors are required to report serious injuries or injuries sustained as a result of a crime
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 May 2012
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
Cuba. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
18 May 2023
Title:
B-4 visa, including the classes of persons to which it is issued; requirements and procedures to obtain (2017-January 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 January 2019
Accessed Date:
29 May 2019
Title:
Cuba and Venezuela: Requirements and procedures for foreign-born nationals, including those born in Venezuela, who were born to a Cuban parent, to obtain Cuban citizenship (2017–December 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 January 2022
Accessed Date:
21 February 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Cuba's Constitution of 2019
Source:
Cuba; Comparative Constitutions Project
Accessed Date:
19 July 2022
Title:
Revolution Defence Committees (Comités de Defensa de la Revolución, CDR); whether informants with the CDRs report the population's acitivities to the police, government or security agencies; the consequences of refusing to join a CDR (2008-April 2010)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 April 2010
Accessed Date:
16 November 2012
Title:
'Your Mind is in Prison' - Cuba's Web of Control Over Free Expression and its Chilling Effect on Everyday Life
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
16 November 2017
Accessed Date:
7 May 2018
Title:
Cuba : Principaux groupes de dissidence et opposants politiques cubains
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 April 2016
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
Five Keys to Presidential Change in Cuba
Source:
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
17 May 2018
Author:
Arturo Lopez-Levy; Rolf Otto Niederstrasser
Accessed Date:
9 May 2019
Title:
Republic of Cuba. Election for Asemblea Nacional Del Poder Popular (Cuban National Assembly of People's Power) of 26 March 2023.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
18 May 2023
Title:
Republic of Cuba. Referendum of 24 February 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
13 May 2020
Title:
Cuba. National Assembly of the People's Power.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
18 May 2023
Title:
Political Repression in Cuba Ahead of the 2023 Parliamentary Elections
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
23 March 2023
Author:
Sandra Pellegrini; Ana Marco
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Cuba. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
9 May 2019
Title:
Cuba Slow to Act Over Domestic Abuse: Activist groups struggle to overcome lack of legislation or state support
Source:
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Date of Document:
25 August 2020
Author:
Laura Rodríguez Fuentes
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined third to sixth periodic reports of Cuba
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
16 June 2022
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Ninth periodic report submitted by Cuba under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2017
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
12 December 2022
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities, particularly lesbians, including state protection; social and judicial attitudes in cases of child custody (2012-October 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 October 2013
Accessed Date:
29 May 2014
Title:
Cuba : Les minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
26 August 2020
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Cuba. Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Zhan Chiam et al.
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Cuba: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
9 July 2022
Accessed Date:
22 July 2022
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children on her mission to Cuba
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
30 April 2018
Accessed Date:
9 May 2019
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Cuba.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
13 September 2021
Accessed Date:
23 September 2021
Title:
Military service, including legislation, obligations, and alternatives; consequences for refusal
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 March 2014
Accessed Date:
28 May 2014
Source:
War Resisters' International
Date of Document:
14 December 2017
Accessed Date:
9 May 2019
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Cuba under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
19 April 2017
Accessed Date:
7 May 2018
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Cuba under article 29 (1) of the Convention. Addendum: Information received from Cuba on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CED/C/CUB/CO/1/Add.1
Date of Document:
30 April 2018
Accessed Date:
13 May 2020
Title:
Update: Legal Research in Cuba
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
13 May 2020
Title:
Torture in Cuba: Report of Civil Society Organizations to the United Nations Committee Against Torture
Source:
Article 19. Office for Mexico and Central America., et al.
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. Compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: The Death Penalty.
Source:
The Advocates for Human Rights; World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Date of Document:
18 March 2022
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Cuba: A year on from historic pro-democracy protests
Date of Document:
14 July 2022
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Cuba: La Güinera Waits for News of Its Detainees
Source:
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Date of Document:
23 March 2022
Author:
Darcy Borrero Batista
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
The systematic violation of the Convention Against Torture of Cuba's “internationalist” medical missions: Submission to the Committee Against Torture
Source:
Free Society Project/Cuba Archive; Outreach Aid to the Americas
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Prison or Exile: Cuba's Systematic Repression of July 2021 Demonstrators
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
July 2022
Editor:
Tamara Taraciuk Broner et al.
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Cuba
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
9 June 2022
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Cuba: New criminal code is a chilling prospect for 2023 and beyond
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
2 December 2022
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Cuba. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2022. Volume II: Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
6 March 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Cuba. Freedom on the Net 2022.
Author:
Ted A. Henken et al.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Cuba: San Isidro movement and allies under frightening levels of surveillance
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 December 2020
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Cuba: Telecommunications Decree Curtails Free Speech
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 August 2021
Accessed Date:
23 September 2021
Title:
Cuba. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
Accessed Date:
18 May 2023
Title:
Cuba. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2023 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2023
Accessed Date:
18 May 2023
Title:
The Santería Tradition in Cuba
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Cuba : La société secrète abakua
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 June 2020
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Constitutional Reform and Religious Freedom in Cuba
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
December 2022
Author:
Kirk Daahlgren et al.
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Protests in Cuba and Religious Freedom
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
23 September 2021
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Cuba. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic reports of Cuba
Code:
CERD/C/CUB/CO/19-21
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
20 September 2018
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Information received from Cuba on follow-up to the concluding observations on its combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic reports
Code:
CERD/C/CUB/FCO/19-21
Date of Document:
10 August 2020
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Green Card for a Cuban Native or Citizen
Source:
United States. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Date of Document:
16 June 2020
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Treatment by authorities of failed asylum seekers that have returned to Cuba, including treatment of family members that remained in Cuba (2014-April 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 May 2016
Accessed Date:
27 May 2016
Title:
Updated agency interpretation of Cuban citizenship law for purposes of the Cuban Adjustment Act; rescission of Matter of Vazquez as an Adopted Decision
Source:
United States. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Date of Document:
21 November 2017
Accessed Date:
22 May 2018
Title:
Cuba : La législation en matière de migration
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
8 September 2017
Accessed Date:
9 May 2019
Title:
Cuba : Les conditions d'installation à La Havane
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 February 2021
Accessed Date:
4 July 2022
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 29 July 2022:
Source:
Geology and Earth Science News and Information
URL:
https://geology.com/world/cuba-satellite-image.shtml
Accessed Date:
13 May 2020
Title:
Cuba. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
1 July 2022
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cuba/
Accessed Date:
20 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
13 February 2021
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/amsudant/cuba.htm
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
14 September 2022
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/cuba/presentation-de-cuba/
Accessed Date:
15 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/cuba/
Accessed Date:
22 April 2022
Title:
Cuba. Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/fr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/POL1048702022ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. World Report 2022: Events of 2021.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/cuba
Accessed Date:
4 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. Freedom in the World 2022.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/cuba/freedom-world/2022
Accessed Date:
4 July 2022
Title:
Chapter IV.b: Cuba. Annual Report 2021.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2021/Chapters/IA2021cap4B.Cuba-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. 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/Cuba.html
Accessed Date:
20 July 2022
Title:
Republic of Cuba. Election for Asemblea Nacional Del Poder Popular (Cuban National Assembly of People's Power) of 11 March 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2534/
Accessed Date:
13 May 2020
Title:
Cuba. National Assembly of the People's Power.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
1 May 2018
URL:
http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2079_A.htm
Accessed Date:
27 May 2021
Title:
Cuba Slow to Act Over Domestic Abuse: Activist groups struggle to overcome lack of legislation or state support
Source:
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Date of Document:
25 August 2020
Author:
Laura Rodríguez Fuentes
URL:
https://iwpr.net/global-voices/cuba-slow-act-over-domestic-abuse
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. Compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: The Death Penalty.
Source:
The Advocates for Human Rights; World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Date of Document:
18 March 2022
URL:
https://worldcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Cuba-CAT-death-penalty.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Cuba: La Güinera Waits for News of Its Detainees
Source:
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Date of Document:
23 March 2022
Author:
Darcy Borrero Batista
URL:
https://iwpr.net/global-voices/cuba-la-guinera-waits-news-its-detainees
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2021. Volume II: Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 64 rev. 1
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
26 May 2022
Author:
Pedro Vaca Villarreal
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/expression/reports/IA2021ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. Freedom on the Net 2021.
Date of Document:
3 March 2021
Author:
Ted A. Henken et al.
Editor:
Elisha Aaron et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/cuba/freedom-net/2021
Accessed Date:
23 September 2021
Title:
Cuba: San Isidro movement and allies under frightening levels of surveillance
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 December 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/12/cuba-san-isidro-movement-allies-under-frightening-levels-surveillance/
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Cuba. International Religious Freedom Report for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/cuba/
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2022 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2022
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-05/2022%20Cuba.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 July 2022
Title:
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 116th Congress and Through the Trump Administration
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
22 January 2021
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45657
Accessed Date:
27 May 2021
Title:
Cuba: U.S. Policy Overview. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
13 May 2022
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10045
Accessed Date:
4 July 2022
Title:
Cuba: Amnesty International calls for access to country to monitor trials of 11J protestors
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 March 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/03/cuba-amnesty-calls-for-access-trials-protesters/
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
5 Concerns About Cuba's New Penal Code
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
7 July 2022
Author:
Isabella Oliver; Mariakarla Nodarse Venancio
URL:
https://www.wola.org/analysis/5-concerns-about-cuba-penal-code/
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Cuba: Freedom of religion or belief
Date of Document:
January 2021
URL:
https://docs-eu.livesiteadmin.com/dc3e323f-351c-4172-800e-4e02848abf80/2021-01-cuba.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Mental Health Atlas 2020 Member State Profile: Cuba
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organization.
URL:
https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/mental-health-atlas-2020-country-profiles/cub.pdf?sfvrsn=246217be_5&download=true
Accessed Date:
19 July 2022
Title:
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 117th Congress
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
28 December 2022
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47246
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Cuba: Tactics of repression must not be repeated
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 October 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/10/cuba-repression-must-not-be-repeated/
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Cuba : participation aux manifestations de juillet 2021
Date of Document:
16 August 2022
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Amerika/Kuba/220816_KUB_participation_manifestation.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Political Repression in Cuba Ahead of the 2023 Parliamentary Elections
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
23 March 2023
Author:
Sandra Pellegrini; Ana Marco
URL:
https://acleddata.com/2023/03/23/political-repression-in-cuba-ahead-of-the-2023-parliamentary-elections/
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Ninth periodic report submitted by Cuba under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2017
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
12 December 2022
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/CUB/9
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Cuba: A year on from historic pro-democracy protests
Date of Document:
14 July 2022
URL:
https://lens.civicus.org/cuba-a-year-on-from-historic-pro-democracy-protests/
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Cuba: New criminal code is a chilling prospect for 2023 and beyond
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
2 December 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/12/cuba-el-nuevo-codigo-penal-presenta-un-panorama-aterrador-para-2023-y-anos-posteriores/
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Constitutional Reform and Religious Freedom in Cuba
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
December 2022
Author:
Kirk Daahlgren et al.
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-07/2022%20Constitutional%20Reform%20and%20Religious%20Freedom%20in%20Cuba.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
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