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COI Query - Guinea: Treatment by the state of members and supporters of the Union of Guinea's Democratic Forces (UGDF); activities of UGDF’s youth/group in Conakry

Reference period: Topic 1 and 2 - September 2021 - May 2023; Topic 3 - May 2021 - May 2023; 1. Treatment by the state of UGDF members and supporters who participated in the organisation of demonstrations (and in particular demonstrations that occurred in October 2019); 2.
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COI Query - Syria: Major Human Rights, Security, and Socio-Economic Developments

Reference period: 1 August to 30 November 2023; 1. Territorial control; 2. Security situation; 3. Human rights developments in areas under Government of Syria control; 4. Socio-economic situation.
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COI Query - Nigeria: Forced marriage of adult women in Enugu State, including prevalence, legislation, state protection, support services and ability of an adult woman to refuse a forced marriage

Reference period: January 2022 to 31 August 2023; 1. Prevalence of forced marriage of adult women; 2. Legislation; 3. State protection; 4. Support services and the ability to refuse a forced marriage; 5. Ability of an adult woman to refuse a forced marriage.
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COI Query - Cameroon: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Reference period: January 2021 to September 2023; 1. Legislation; 2. Prevalence; societal attitudes; 3. Possibility to refuse FGM and consequences for refusal; 4. Availability of state protection; access to support services.
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COI Query - Venezuela: Bolivarian Militia

Reference period: January 2016-26 April 2023; 1. Information on whether members of the Bolivarian Militia can simultaneously work in a public enterprise, while keeping the militia position; 1.1. Background information on the Bolivarian Militia; 1.2.
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COI Query - Somalia: Security Situation Update

Reference period: 1 December 2022 to 14 April 2023; 1. Major security developments; 2. Humanitarian situation; 3. Update on desertion, defection, disengagement from Al-Shabaab.
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COI Query - Somalia: Forms and Prevalence of Repeated FGM/C

1. Prevalence of FGM/C in Somalia; 2. Forms and prevalence of repeated FGM/C.
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COI Query - Pakistan: Survivors of Sexual Violence in Punjab Province

Reference period: January 2021 to March 2023; 1. Treatment of female survivors of sexual violence, in particular rape, by society and family members in the Punjab province (January 2021-March 2023); 2.
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COI Report – Iraq: Arab Tribes and Customary Law

This report is meant to provide an overview and background information on the tribal dynamics and structures in Iraq as well the major tribal practices and dispute settlement mechanisms applied by the Arab Muslim Iraqi tribes, mainly in western/central and southern areas of the country.

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COI Query - Cameroon: Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against women, in particular in Yaoundé

Reference period: 1 January 2021 to 28 November 2023; 1. Prevalence; 2. Legislation; 3. Availability of state protection; 4. Access to support services.
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