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The list of documents below includes reports and articles that the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre has included in the profile as well as links to relevant reports and articles published since the last update of this Internal Displacement Profile.

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"Hmong Returnees: Re-Building Lives in Laos", Government of the United States of America, 25 May 2012
Annual Repprt 2012: Laos, Amnesty International (AI), 24 May 2012
"Laos: Communal land titles could save more than forests", Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 16 April 2012
"EU delegates visit repatriated Hmong community", Vientiane Times, 11 March 2012
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 9 March 2012
"Situation of minorities remains dire as Laos goes before the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination", International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) & Mouvement Lao pour les Droits de l'Homme (MLDH), 27 February 2012
Alternative Report submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at the 80th Session during the consideration of the 16th – 18th Periodic Reports of Laos, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), 10 February 2012
Implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) - Situation of the ethnic and religious minorities In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lao Movement for Human Rights (MLDH), February 2012
"U.S. Provides Medical Supplies to Hmong Returnee Villages", Government of the United States of America, 17 January 2012
"Lao Officials: Give Up Your Faith or Face Eviction", Compass Direct News, 23 December 2011
"Rights group slams Thailand's Lao refugee return", Australia Network News, 22 December 2011
"Hmong 'killed' in forced return to Laos", The Nation (Thailand), 4 October 2011
"Villagers brace for relocation as dam project moves forward", Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 29 July 2011
"Vietnam, Laos: Attack Helicopters Unleashed Death on Hmong", Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), 22 May 2011
Reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention - Sixteenth to eighteenth periodic reports of States parties due in 2009 - Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Government of Laos, 12 May 2011
Reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention - Sixteenth to eighteenth periodic reports of States parties due in 2009 - Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 12 May 2011
"Outsiders Unable to Investigate Vietnam Protest Reports", Voice of America (VOA), 9 May 2011
2010 Human Rights Report: Laos, U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS), 8 April 2011
"Over 111,000 people in need of food assistance in central and southern Laos", World Food Programme (WFP), 30 March 2011
"Resettled Hmong Still Restricted", Radio Free Asia (RFA), 7 March 2011
"Christians Deprived of Food, Water at ‘Critical Stage’ ", Compass Direct News, 25 February 2011
"Lao Officials Destroy Rice Paddies, Expel More Christians", Compass Direct News, 29 December 2010
2010 Report on International Religious Freedom - Laos, U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS), 17 November 2010
"Officials to Expel More Christian Families from Village", Compass Direct News, 9 November 2010
"Hmong returnees becoming self-reliant", Vientiane Times, 2 October 2010
Universal Periodic Review of Laos: a disappointing result, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) & Mouvement Lao pour les Droits de l'Homme (MLDH), 23 September 2010
Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcomes of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Spain and Lesotho, UN Human Rights Council, 21 September 2010
"Reason for concern – but not alarm over repatriated Hmong", Twin Cities Daily Planet, 10 August 2010
"Hmong returnees assure US envoy of wellbeing", Vientiane Times, 16 July 2010
"No restriction on foreign travel for returnees: official", Vientiane Times, 16 July 2010
"Hmong repatriates enjoy equality, said Lao Brigadier General", KPL Lao News Agency, 5 July 2010
Mission to Laos, U.S. Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, 25 June 2010
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review - Lao People’s Democratic Republic, UN Human Rights Council, 15 June 2010
"Hmong resettlement village finally sees the light", Vientiane Times, 3 June 2010
"Lao Christians Expelled from Village Suffer Critical Illnesses", Compass Direct News, 17 May 2010
Northern Laos: EFSA Follow-up Rapid Assessment, World Food Programme (WFP), 13 May 2010
Overcoming development Barriers: Australia strengthens support to reducing the risk of cluster munitions in the Lao PDR, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 29 April 2010
Legacies of War: Unexploded Ordnance in Laos, U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS), 22 April 2010
"Franken says 4,400 forcibly repatriated Hmong remain his priority", Asia American Press, 15 April 2010
"Envoy raises fears for Hmong in Laos", Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), 5 April 2010
"Rare glimpse of Hmong in Laos fails to quell concerns", Agence France-Presse (AFP), 28 March 2010
"Laos allows Western diplomats into Hmong village", Agence France-Presse (AFP), 27 March 2010
"Laos asked to grant access to Hmong", Bangkok Post, 27 March 2010
"Laos' Nam Theun 2 Dam Starts Illegal Operation", The Huffington Post, 25 March 2010
"Activists call for Laos dam to suspend operations", Agence France-Presse (AFP), 23 March 2010
"Officials Threaten to Burn Shelters of Expelled Christians", Compass Direct News, 17 March 2010
2009 Human Rights Report: Laos, U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS), 11 March 2010
Written statement submitted by the Transnational Radical Party (TRP), Transnational Radical Party (TRP), 10 March 2010
"Laos continues to block public access to deported Hmong tribesmen", McClatchy Newspapers, 5 March 2010
"Hmong returnees look life in eye in barren land", Bangkok Post, 28 February 2010
"Laos Extracts Forced Confessions To Help Silence Hmong Refugees", Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), 26 February 2010
"Laos To Spend 200 Billion Kip On New Resettlement Site for Repatriated Hmongs", Voice of America (VOA), 24 February 2010
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) of the Annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 - Lao People's Democratic Republic, UN Human Rights Council, 22 February 2010
"LAOS: Small towns buckling under strain of migration", Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 18 February 2010
"The secret army still fighting Vietnam war", The Independent, 17 February 2010
"Hmong: Refugees Said to have Little Food, Supplies in Remote Camp in Laos", Post Crescent, 15 February 2010
Compilation prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 - Lao People's Democratic Republic, UN Human Rights Council, 12 February 2010
"Government Sponsored Cruelty Continues in Communist Laos", Christian Aid Mission, 9 February 2010
Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin - Addendum - Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons, UN Human Rights Council, 9 February 2010
"Lao Officials Force Christians from Worship at Gunpoint", Compass Direct News, 8 February 2010
"Laos 'moving toward' Hmong access: US diplomat", Agence France-Presse (AFP), 6 February 2010
"Survey reveals 50,000 victims of unexploded ordnance in Laos", Vientiane Times, 5 February 2010
"Lack of Transparency for Returnees", Radio Free Asia (RFA), 3 February 2010
National Survey of UXO Victims and Accidents - Phase 1, Lao UXO National Regulatory Authority (NRA), 2 February 2010
"Rights groups push Laos on access to returned Hmong", Agence France-Presse (AFP), February 2010
Summary prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 - Lao People's Democratic Republic, UN Human Rights Council, 28 January 2010
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Asma Jahangir - Addendum - Mission to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, UN Human Rights Council, 27 January 2010
"Vietnam VPA, LPA Troops Attack Hmong Christians, Villagers in Laos", Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), 26 January 2010
"Lao govt reiterates policy for Hmong returnees", Vientiane Times, 19 January 2010
"Deported Hmong held by Lao army in squalid camp", Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), 13 January 2010
"Australia-bound refugees stranded in secret Laos camps", The Age, 13 January 2010
"No refuge here in 2009 for Rohingyas and Hmong", Bangkok Post, 9 January 2010
"Laos: Repatriated Hmongs will Receive Good Care", Voice of America (VOA), 6 January 2010
"Press statement on returning Lao Hmong", Vientiane Times, 5 January 2010
Laos: Background and U.S. Relations, Congressional Research Service (CRS), 4 January 2010
The Hmong Come to Southern Laos: Local Responses and the Creation of Racialized Boundaries, in Hmong Studies Journal, Volume 11, pp.1-38, Baird, Ian G., 2010
"Remaining Lao Hmong return home", Vientiane Times, 31 December 2009
"UN rights experts call for end to Thai expulsion of Lao Hmong", UN News Centre, 31 December 2009
"Do Hmong deported by Thailand face danger in Laos?", The Christian Science Monitor, 29 December 2009
"Hmong Forced Back to Laos", Radio Free Asia (RFA), 28 December 2009
"UN High Commissioner for Refugees expresses dismay at forced return of Lao Hmong by Thailand", United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 28 December 2009
Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP): Lao People's Democratic Republic Flash Appeal 2009 (Revision), UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), 18 December 2009
"Allure of scrap metal hard to resist in Laos", Reuters AlertNet, 30 November 2009
"Laos: UN expert warns against marginalizing religious minorities", UN News Centre, 30 November 2009
"Scrap metal income courts UXO danger", Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 12 November 2009
Lao People’s Democratic Republic - Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review, Amnesty International (AI), 2 November 2009
Background Note: Laos, U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS), 30 October 2009
"U.S. Drops Case Against Exiled Hmong Leader", New York Times (NYT), 18 September 2009
Report by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, James Anaya - Addendum - Summary of Communications transmitted and replies received, UN Human Rights Council, 18 September 2009
"Jungle orphans", New Internationalist, September 2009
"Laos: Military Attacks Lao Hmong Civilians", Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), 3 August 2009
Legacies of War, in Critical Asian Studies, 41:2, 281-306, Khamvongsa, Channapha & Russel, Elaine, June 2009
"Thailand 'gets tough' with Hmong", BBC News, 22 May 2009
"Medics close Hmong refugee camp", BBC News, 21 May 2009
Hidden Behind Barned Wire - Plight of Hmong refugees held in detention camp in Northern Thailand ignored amid ongoing deportations to Laos, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), 20 May 2009
"LAOS - NGO registration opens for the first time", Forum-Asia, 18 May 2009
CERD letter to LPDR government requesting information on status of Hmong IDPs and returnees, Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 13 March 2009
"Hmong Civilians Suffer Attacks, Atrocities in Laos", Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), 15 January 2009
"Internal resettlement in Laos", in Critical Asian Studies, 41.4, 605-620, Holly High, Ian G. Baird, Keith Barney, Peter Vandergeest and Bruce Shoemaker, 2009
"Finding alternatives to resettlement", Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), 17 December 2008
"The Lost Children of Laos", OhmyNews International, 16 October 2008
"Hmong: Lao Military Attacks Phou Bia Mountain Area", Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), 19 September 2008
Laos: Film Reveals CIA's 'Most Secret Place on Earth', IPS News, 22 August 2008
Fearing a forced return - The situation of the Lao Hmong refugees in Petchabun, Thailand, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), May 2008
"A deadly harvest of cluster bombs in Laos", Times Online, 26 April 2008
"Laos Arrests Christian Pastors: Crackdown Expands", Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), 19 April 2008
"Laos 'lost tribe' in plea for help", Al-Jazeera, 14 March 2008
Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received, UN independent expert on minority issues, 6 March 2008
"Thailand: Stop Forced Returns to Laos", Human Rights Watch (HRW), 5 March 2008
Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Miloon Kothari, UN Human Rights Council, 4 March 2008
Report of the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall, UN Human Rights Council, 27 February 2008
"Laos Attacks Against Civilians: Congress Hears About Forced Repatriation in Thailand, Ethnic Cleansing of Hmong", Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), 8 February 2008
"Lao Troops Told 'Shoot to Kill' Hmong Rebels", Radio Free Asia (RFA), 8 February 2008
"Old U.S. Allies, Still Hiding in Laos", New York Times (NYT), 17 December 2007
Lao PDR - Comprehensive Food Security & Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA), World Food Programme (WFP), December 2007
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, Rodolfo Stavenhagen - Addendum - General considerations on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples in Asia, UN Human Rights Council, November 2007
"Laos coup plot outlined in US court papers", The Guardian, 18 June 2007
"Laos 'coup plot' uncovered in US", BBC News, 5 June 2007
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler - Addendum - Communications sent to Governments and other actors and replies received, UN Human Rights Council, 18 May 2007
"Laos: Destitute jungle-dwellers living on run from military", Amnesty International (AI), 23 March 2007
Lao People's Democratic Republic - Hiding in the jungle: Hmong under threat, Amnesty International (AI), 23 March 2007
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, Rodolfo Stavenhagen - Addendum - Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received, UN Human Rights Council, 19 March 2007
Written statement submitted by the Society for Threatened Peoples, Society for Threatened Peoples, 6 March 2007
"Laos: Still a Secret War", World Press, 19 January 2007
"Unsettling Experiences: Internal Resettlement and International Aid Agencies in Laos", in Development and Change, Volume 38 Issue 5, Pages 865 - 888, Ian G. Baird and Bruce Shoemaker, 2007
"Hmong group surrenders in Laos", BBC News, 13 December 2006
They hunt us down like animals - Massacres and grave human rights violations against the Hmong in Laos, Society for Threatened Peoples, October 2006
Lao PDR Poverty Assessment Report, World Bank (WB), September 2006
"Laos Denies Attacks on Hmongs", Voice of America (VOA), September 2006
"Laos: Massacre of unarmed Hmong women and children", Amnesty International (AI), 4 May 2006
Report on the situation in the Xaysomboun Special Zone and 1100 Hmong-Lao refugees who escaped to Petchabun, Thailand 2004-2005, Sommer, Rebecca, May 2006
UXO Risk Education Needs Assessment - Lao PDR, Mines Advisory Group (MAG), 27 April 2006
The right to freedom of opinion and expression - Report of the Special Rapporteur, Ambeyi Ligabo - Addendum - Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received, UN Human Rights Council, 27 March 2006
Written statement submitted by the Society for Threatened Peoples, Society for Threatened Peoples, 7 March 2006
Written statement submitted by the Transnational Radical Party (TRP), Transnational Radical Party (TRP), 3 March 2006
A Study of Scrap Metal Collection in Lao PDR, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), September 2005
The Human Rights Situation in Laos with Particular Emphasis on the Situation of the Hmong People, European Parliament, September 2005
"Lao tribes suffer from drug crackdown", BBC News, 15 July 2005
"Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Lao People's Democratic Republic", United Nations (UN), 7 June 2005
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Lao People's Democratic Republic, Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 18 April 2005
Situation of the ethnic and religious minorities in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) & Mouvement Lao pour les Droits de l'Homme (MLDH), 2 January 2005
"Planned Resettlement, Unexpected Migrations and Cultural Trauma in Laos", in Development and Change, Volume 35, Number 5, pp. 937-962(26), Evrard, Olivier & Goudineau, Yves, November 2004
"Laos: Military atrocities against Hmong children are war crimes", Amnesty International (AI), 13 September 2004
Laos: situation analysis and trend assessment, Writenet, May 2004
"Laos: Mass surrender of ethnic minority rebels and their families", Amnesty International (AI), 4 March 2004
"Genocide Victims Accused of Genocide", Burke, Al, 16 January 2004
"30-year-old bombs still very deadly in Laos", USA Today, 11 December 2003
Prevention of racial discrimination, including early warning measures and urgent action procedures, Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 10 December 2003
"Laos: Use of starvation as a weapon of war against civilians", Amnesty International (AI), 2 October 2003
"Laos is getting a bad rap from the world's media", Bangkok Post, 8 July 2003
"Laos' forgotten Hmong", BBC News, 2 July 2003
"Welcome to the Jungle", TIME Magazine, 23 April 2003
"Fresh bus attack in Laos ", BBC News, 21 April 2003
Refugee Reintegration in Rural Areas: Land Distribution in Ban Pha Thao, Lao PDR, Inter-University Committee on International Migration, 19 April 2003
Policy, Legal and Institutional Arrangements, and Planning for Disaster Management in Lao PDR, Asian Disaster Prepardness Center (ADPC), October 2001
Clusters of Death, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) , November 2000
Laos: A Country Study, Library of Congress - Federal Research Division (LoC-FRD), 1994
Beyond Borders: Refugees, Migrants And Human Rights In The Post-Cold War Era, Ferris, Elisabeth, 1993
Refugees from Laos: historical background and causes, Lee, Gary Yia, 1990