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Namibia

US Government Reports

U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of Labor
CIA
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
  • African Elections in 2020
Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (LLOC)
  • Family Reunification Laws in Selected Jurisdictions - July 2014

 

Foreign Government Reports

Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • NAM200737.E - Traditions and practices of the Himba [Omuhimba (singular), Ovahimba (plural)] ethnic group of the Ovaherero, including sexual practices and polygamy; location in Namibia; state protection (2019–August 2021) - Sept. 2021
    • NAM104144.E - Protection orders and other legal protection mechanisms in cases of violence, harassment and threats of violence, including domestic violence – August 2012

 

    • NAM104143.E - Customary and common law including matters of inheritance; how conflicts between the two systems of law are resolved – August 2012

 

    • NAM200737.E - Traditions and practices of the Himba [Omuhimba (singular), Ovahimba (plural)] ethnic group of the Ovaherero, including sexual practices and polygamy; location in Namibia; state protection (2019–August 2021) - Sept. 2021

 

    • NAM104141.E - Domestic violence, including state protection, services and recourse available to victims – August 2012
    • NAM104147.E - Treatment of sexual minorities by society and government authorities; recourse and protection available to sexual minorities who have been subject to ill-treatment – August 2012
UK Country Policy and Information Note
  • Women fearing gender based violence - Sept. 2021 (PDF)
  • Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression - Nov. 2018 (PDF)

 

Non-Government Organization Reports

Amnesty International
  • We are facing extinction: Escalating anti-LGBTI sentiment, the weaponization of law and their human rights implications in select African countries - Jan. 2024
  • Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights - Mar. 2023
  • The State of African Regional Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms 2019-2020 - Oct. 2020
BBC
Country Maps
Election Guide
Freedom House
Minority Rights Group International
  • State of the Worlds Minorities - 2016
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • Fact sheet on the breakdown of refugees, aslyum-seekers and IDPs in Southern Africa (as of April 2023) - July 2023
World Health Organization

 

Country Profiles

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Freedom House Human Rights Watch
Updated January 9, 2024