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Country Conditions

When building a case for asylum, one of the most important things to do is to show what general country conditions are so as to set the stage for telling the asylum story. The following links can be useful in finding information about different countries around the world. Several Links that may be useful are provided here.

Here are several links to sites that will assist you in gathering country condition information.

For a great overview on how to conduct research, see the guide developed by Georgetown University's Center for Applied Legal Studies

For more focused research on particular countries or regarding specific types of claims, see:
Asylumlaw.org
Amnesty International
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
Forced Migration
Human Rights Watch
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
ProBono.Net's Country Conditions information
select “county conditions” – contains many links, both general and organized by region, to news sources and reports.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
U.S. Committee for Refugees
U.S. Department of State (2008)
U.S. State Department Human Rights Report
Published and updated annually. Depending on the country, length ranges between 15 – 30 pages.