Useful Links and Documents
Useful Links and Documents
General resources for attorneys representing Tibetans seeking asylum:
- Probono.net: An online community to support lawyers who are providing pro bono assistance to individuals seeking asylum in the United States.
- AsylumLaw.org: Provides information for asylum-seekers and case support for attorneys representing asylum seekers.
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center: ILRC staff attorneys provide onsite and telephone consultation, training workshops and seminars, and educational curricula on immigration issues to probono attorneys and nonprofit agencies serving immigrants throughout the United States.
- Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at UC Hastings: CGRS provides legal expertise and resources to attorneys representing women asylum-seekers fleeing gender related harm.
Tibetan Translation Services: Please contact your local Tibet
Support Group or Tibetan Association by clicking
here.
Medical and Psychological Resources:
- Survivors International
- Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
- Doctors of the World
- Definition of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (source: DSM IV, posted with
permission of the American Psychiatric Association) PDF
Version
[496k]
Tibet Justice Center's Reports
- Tibet's Stateless
Nationals: Tibetan Refugees in Nepal [554k]
- A Generation in Peril: The Lives
of Tibetan Children Under Chinese Rule
- Violence and Discrimination Against Tibetan
Women [336k]
Documents from the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services:
Documents from the Immigration
and Refugee Board of Canada
Nepal: Situation of Tibetan refugees and those not recognized as refugees;
including legal rights and living conditions (1995-1999)
- PDF Version
[123k], MS Word Version
- India: Situation of Tibetan refugees and those not recognized as refugees;
including legal rights and living conditions
PDF Version
[141k], MS Word Version
U.S. Department of State Reports:
Amnesty International Reports:
Human Rights Watch Reports:
Tibet-Related News Services:
Information from the Tibetan Government in Exile:
Tibet.net
Office of Tibet, New York
241 East 32nd Street
New York, NY 10016 USA
Tel: (212) 213-5010
otny@igc.org
United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees:
- Reports on China (search for China in menu)
- General Information about UNHCR
United States Committee for Refugees:
- Country Reports for China (including Tibet)
- General information about USCR
We hope these pages are helpful to you in your endeavor. Thank you
for your work for the Tibetan people.
If you do not find the information you need in these documents, please do not hesitate to contact us.