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On
July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
On
December 22, 2020, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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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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July 6, 2018, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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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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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
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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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29 May 2026
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:
21 January 2026
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Présentation de Cuba
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
28 April 2026
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 January 2023
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
U.S. Policy Toward Cuba: Recent Developments and Congressional Considerations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
3 February 2026
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Mental Health Atlas 2020 Member State Profile: Cuba
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organization.
Accessed Date:
19 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. BTI 2026 Country Report.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Date of Document:
March 2026
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2026.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2026
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
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:
1 September 2023
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
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:
Blackouts and Shortages Disrupt Healthcare Across Cuba
Source:
United Nations. UN News.
Date of Document:
15 May 2026
Accessed Date:
25 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
National report submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21: Cuba
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/44/CUB/1
Date of Document:
12 September 2023
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
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: Increasing harassment of prisoners of conscience and their families
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2026
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Cuba: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/44/CUB/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
4 September 2023
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Cuba. World Report 2026: Events of 2025.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2026
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Cuba : Les manifestations antigouvernementales de juillet 2021
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
13 April 2022
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Cuba's Prisoner Release Excludes Critics
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 April 2026
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba: Protesters Detail Abuses in Prison
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 July 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
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: Situation of Human Rights in the Region. Annual Report 2025.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
26 February 2026
Accessed Date:
25 May 2026
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
Title:
Cuba. VIII Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 2024.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
13 March 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its ninety-ninth session, 18–27 March 2024
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
18 June 2024
Accessed Date:
2 May 2025
Title:
Cuba: Three years after the protests of 11-12 july 2021: authorities must release those unjustly imprisoned and repeal repressive laws
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 June 2024
Accessed Date:
2 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. 2025 Country Conditions Bulletin.
Source:
Stanford University. Migration and Asylum Lab.
Date of Document:
October 2025
Author:
Ana Minian et al.
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Hunger in Havana: Can the U.S. Cutoff Bring Change to Cuba?
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
2 March 2026
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Cuba. Freedom in the World 2026.
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba Suffers Partial Grid Failure Hours After Minister Reveals Country Out of Fuel Oil, Diesel
Date of Document:
14 May 2026
Accessed Date:
25 May 2026
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Cuba
Source:
European University Institute. 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:
7 May 2026
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
Title:
The Government of the Republic of Cuba Announces New Laws on Migration, Foreigners and Citizenship.
Source:
Cuba. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
5 May 2026
Accessed Date:
25 May 2026
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:
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
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:
About parliament; Election results. Cuba: National Assembly of the People's Power.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
18 May 2023
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:
16 May 2024
Title:
Republic of Cuba. Referendum of 24 February 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
16 May 2024
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Ninth periodic report submitted by Cuba under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2017
Date of Document:
12 December 2022
Accessed Date:
25 April 2023
Title:
Replies of Cuba to the list of issues and questions in relation to its ninth periodic report
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
14 May 2024
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Cuba
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
30 October 2024
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
Title:
They want to silence us but we will continue to resist: Authoritarian practices and state violence against women in Cuba
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 November 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Equal marriage has improved our lives, says LGBT Cubans
Date of Document:
6 April 2023
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Cuba : La situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 February 2023
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
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
Title:
Cuba now allows trans people to change ID gender markers without requiring surgery
Date of Document:
27 July 2025
Author:
Daniel Villarreal
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Cuba: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2025.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 September 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. Global Organized Crime Index 2025.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
The Human Cost of Cuba's Inclusion on the State Sponsor of Terrorism List
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
28 March 2023
Author:
Mariakarla Nodarse Venancio; Alex Bare
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
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
Title:
Cuba : Le service militaire
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 July 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
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
Date of Document:
October 2024
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
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 Stakeholder Report for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review: The Death Penalty.
Source:
The Advocates for Human Rights; World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Date of Document:
5 April 2023
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba: A year on from historic pro-democracy protests
Date of Document:
14 July 2022
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
Accessed Date:
25 April 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
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Cuba. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Johannesburg. Faculty of Law.
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2025. 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:
30 December 2025
Accessed Date:
25 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. Freedom on the Net 2025.
Editor:
Shannon O'Toole; Tyler Roylance
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Criticism Mounts as Cuban Authorities Curb Civic Space and Implement Harsher Restrictions
Date of Document:
14 February 2024
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
Title:
Cuba: Telecommunications Decree Curtails Free Speech
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 August 2021
Accessed Date:
23 September 2021
Title:
Cuba: Activists and Independent Journalists Under Persistent Threat
Date of Document:
19 January 2024
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
New digital law tightens clampdown on press freedom in Cuba
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
30 May 2023
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Cuba: journalists face escalating harassment under the new Social Communication Law
Source:
Reporters without borders
Date of Document:
18 October 2024
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
Title:
2 freelance journalists arrested amid Cuba's ongoing repression of independent press
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Date of Document:
17 April 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2026 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
March 2026
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
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: A Legal Framework that Restricts the Right to Religious Freedom
Source:
Canopy Forum; Derecho en Sociedad
Date of Document:
23 September 2024
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
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:
Religious Freedom Conditions in Cuba
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
September 2024
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
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
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:
8 July 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
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
Title:
Five Key Trends in Cuban Migration in 2023
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
20 December 2023
Author:
Mariakarla Nodarse Venancio; Alex Bare
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Travel Ban and its impact for the nationals of Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela. What you need to know.
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
12 June 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Termination of Parole Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
Source:
United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Date of Document:
25 March 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
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 30 May 2025:
Title:
Cuba. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
14 May 2025
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cuba/
Accessed Date:
20 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Date of Document:
March 2024
URL:
https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report/CUB
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Présentation de Cuba
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
15 January 2024
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/cuba/presentation-de-cuba/
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Cuba. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/POL1085152025ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/cuba
Accessed Date:
2 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. Chapter IV.b. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2024. Human Rights Developments in the Region.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2024/chapters/IA2024_4B_CUB_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. Annual Report of the Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 2022.
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
6 March 2023
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2022/Chapters/IA2022_Anexo_REDESCA_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Cuba. Country Conditions Bulletin.
Source:
Stanford University. Migration and Asylum Lab.
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Ana Minian et al.
URL:
https://migration.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj30036/files/media/file/2023-cuba-bulletin.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
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 May 2025
Title:
Cuba: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/cuba
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/2023/country/cuba
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Cuba. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/cuba
Accessed Date:
16 July 2022
Title:
Cuba. Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2024. 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:
3 March 2025
URL:
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/docs/annual/2024/annex/IA2024_RELE_EN.PDF
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. Freedom on the Net 2024.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/cuba/freedom-net/2024
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2025 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
25 May 2025
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/Cuba%202025%20USCIRF%20Annual%20Report.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
Green Card for a Cuban Native or Citizen
Source:
United States. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Date of Document:
22 January 2025
URL:
https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/green-card-for-a-cuban-native-or-citizen
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
19 January 2025
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/amsudant/cuba.htm
Accessed Date:
2 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2020
URL:
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2018-2019/americas/cuba.html
Accessed Date:
6 May 2021
Title:
Cuba: U.S. Cuba Policy: Recent Developments and the 119th Congress. Insight.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
3 February 2025
Author:
Joshua Klein; Liana W. Rosen
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12499
Accessed Date:
2 May 2025
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
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr25/7299/2017/en/
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
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr25/0936/2019/en/
Accessed Date:
13 May 2020
Title:
Cuba: Amnesty International names prisoners of conscience amidst crackdown on protesters
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
19 August 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/cuba-amnesty-international-names-prisoners-of-conscience/
Accessed Date:
23 September 2021
Title:
Cuba protests: latest information
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 July 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/07/cuba-protests-updates/
Accessed Date:
23 September 2021
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
URL:
http://www.coha.org/five-keys-to-presidential-change-in-cuba/
Accessed Date:
9 May 2019
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:
23 May 2023
Title:
The Reality of Forced Exile. Método Cuba: Independent Artists' Testimonies of Forced Exile.
Source:
Artists at Risk Connection
Date of Document:
11 July 2023
Author:
Alicia Quiñones et al.
URL:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/628f9ae10b12c8255bd8814d/t/64ad2410db792648d380a950/1689068570176/Metodo+Cuba+Report+2023+-+ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
Several journalists flee Cuba after state agents question, pressure at least 8
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Date of Document:
11 October 2024
URL:
https://cpj.org/2024/10/several-journalists-flee-cuba-after-state-agents-question-pressure-at-least-8/
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
Title:
Présentation de Cuba
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
28 April 2026
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/information-par-pays/cuba/presentation-de-cuba
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/cuba/
Accessed Date:
10 May 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Cuba: National Assembly of the People's Power.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/parliament/CU/CU-LC01/
Accessed Date:
18 May 2023
Title:
Criticism Mounts as Cuban Authorities Curb Civic Space and Implement Harsher Restrictions
Date of Document:
14 February 2024
URL:
https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/criticism-mounts-as-cuban-authorities-curb-civic-space-and-implement-harsher-restrictions/
Accessed Date:
5 May 2025
Title:
Cuba. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 January 2023
URL:
https://www.issa.int/node/195543?country=837
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
U.S. Policy Toward Cuba: Recent Developments and Congressional Considerations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
3 February 2026
URL:
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IN12650.html
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/cuba/
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Blackouts and Shortages Disrupt Healthcare Across Cuba
Source:
United Nations. UN News.
Date of Document:
15 May 2026
URL:
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167524
Accessed Date:
25 May 2026
Title:
Cuba: Increasing harassment of prisoners of conscience and their families
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2026
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/02/cuba-aumenta-hostigamiento-contra-personas-presas-de-conciencia-y-sus-familiares/
Accessed Date:
7 May 2026
Title:
Cuba's Prisoner Release Excludes Critics
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 April 2026
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/08/cubas-prisoner-release-excludes-critics
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba: Protesters Detail Abuses in Prison
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 July 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/11/cuba-protesters-detail-abuses-in-prison
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Hunger in Havana: Can the U.S. Cutoff Bring Change to Cuba?
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
2 March 2026
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/qna/latin-america-caribbean/cuba-united-states/hunger-havana-can-us-cutoff-bring-change-cuba
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba. Freedom in the World 2026.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/cuba/freedom-world/2026
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba Suffers Partial Grid Failure Hours After Minister Reveals Country Out of Fuel Oil, Diesel
Date of Document:
14 May 2026
URL:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuba-grid-partial-collapse-fuel-needs-9.7200022
Accessed Date:
25 May 2026
Title:
The Government of the Republic of Cuba Announces New Laws on Migration, Foreigners and Citizenship.
Source:
Cuba. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
5 May 2026
URL:
https://misiones.cubaminrex.cu/en/articulo/government-republic-cuba-announces-new-laws-migration-foreigners-and-citizenship
Accessed Date:
25 May 2026
Title:
They want to silence us but we will continue to resist: Authoritarian practices and state violence against women in Cuba
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 November 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AMR2504882025ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba now allows trans people to change ID gender markers without requiring surgery
Date of Document:
27 July 2025
Author:
Daniel Villarreal
URL:
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/cuba-now-allows-trans-people-to-change-id-gender-markers-without-requiring-surgery/
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba : Le service militaire
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 July 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2507_cub_le_service_militaire_163671_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Cuba Stakeholder Report for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review: The Death Penalty.
Source:
The Advocates for Human Rights; World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Date of Document:
5 April 2023
URL:
https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Res/AHR%20WCADP%20Cuba%20UPR%20Death%20Penalty%20(1).pdf
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
2 freelance journalists arrested amid Cuba's ongoing repression of independent press
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Date of Document:
17 April 2025
URL:
https://cpj.org/2025/04/2-freelance-journalists-arrested-amid-cubas-ongoing-repression-of-independent-press/
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Religious Freedom Conditions in Cuba
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
September 2024
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024%20Cuba%20Country%20Update.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Travel Ban and its impact for the nationals of Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela. What you need to know.
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
12 June 2025
URL:
https://www.wola.org/analysis/travel-ban-and-its-impact-for-the-nationals-of-cuba-haiti-and-venezuela-what-you-need-to-know/
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
Title:
Termination of Parole Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
Source:
United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Date of Document:
25 March 2025
URL:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/25/2025-05128/termination-of-parole-processes-for-cubans-haitians-nicaraguans-and-venezuelans
Accessed Date:
8 May 2026
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