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PARAGUAY

COUNTRY RESEARCH BRANCH (CRB) COUNTRY INFORMATION PACK LAST REVIEWED: 1 July 2015

PARAGUAY MAPS •

US Central Intelligence Agency, 1998, Paraguay (Political), University of Texas, Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection

UN Cartographic Section, June 2004, Paraguay

GENERAL INFORMATION •

Lansford, Tom (ed.) 2013, Political Handbook of the World 2013, CQ Press, Los Angeles Hard copy only – INZ staff please contact CRB to request the entry for this country, all others please access through your library.

BBC News, Timeline: Paraguay, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1224216.stm

BBC News, Paraguay country profile, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/1222081.stm

US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Factbook: Paraguay, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pa.html

Minority Rights Group International, World Directory of Minorities: Paraguay, http://www.minorityrights.org/5136/paraguay/paraguay-overview.html

Child Soldiers International, 2012, Louder than words: An agenda for action to end state use of child soldiers http://www.child-soldiers.org/user_uploads/pdf/louderthanwordsseptember20124903558.pdf Search pdf for references to Paraguay

UK Government, Foreign travel advice: Paraguay


PARAGUAY

NEWS •

Thompson Reuters Foundation, Paraguay

HUMAN RIGHTS •

US Department of State, 25 June 2015, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2014: Paraguay, http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2014&dlid=236708

Freedom House, 2014, Freedom in the World 2014: Paraguay, https://freedomhouse.org/regions/americas Select Paraguay from the drop down menu in the Americas section.

Amnesty International, 25 February 2015, Amnesty International Annual Report 2014/15: Paraguay, https://www.amnesty.org/countries/americas/paraguay/report-paraguay/

Amnesty International, Country Information Page: Paraguay A list of press releases, reports and other documents, with the most recent first.

US Department of State, 27 February 2014, International Religious Freedom Report 2013: Paraguay, http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2013&dlid=222399 Covers 1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2013.

Committee to Protect Journalists, Documents by Country: Paraguay Includes documents by year from 2000 onwards.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) RefWorld Database Documents on Paraguay Country and legal information, policy and reference documents, starting with the most recent.

IMMIGRATION RISK •

UK Treasury Financial Sanctions: consolidated list of targets https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-consolidated-list-of-targets Scroll down to PDF or Excel version and Ctrl+F surname

US Department of State, US Visa Reciprocity by Country http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country.html


PARAGUAY

Global Security, World Military Guide http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/index.html Pick country required from homepage

International Organization for Migration (IOM), Paraguay http://www.iom.int/countries/paraguay/general-information

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