Regional and thematic expertise.
Research specialties organised by risk paradigm and geography— supporting particular social group analysis, state protection assessments, and Convention Against Torture evidence.
Risk paradigms.
Each theme isolates the analytical framework appropriate to the claim.
Political Asylum
Objective documentation of state actor conduct, political targeting patterns, and the sufficiency of domestic protection for claims grounded in political opinion.
View framework →Gender-Based Violence
Structured analysis of gender-based violence, domestic violence, and related particular social group frameworks, including state protection adequacy.
View framework →LGBTQ+ Conditions
Independent analysis of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) conditions, encompassing criminalization, societal hostility, and state/non-state actor risk.
View framework →Gang Violence & Extortion
Differentiated analysis of gang-related violence and extortion as non-state actor harm, distinct from state-sponsored political targeting, with focus on Northern Triangle and comparable contexts.
View framework →Regional coverage.
Illustrative regions for which country condition evidence is routinely prepared.
Northern Triangle
El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—gang violence, extortion, gender-based violence, and state protection analysis.
MENA
Middle East and North Africa—political opinion, religious persecution, and SOGI risk environments.
Eastern Europe
Political targeting, minority status, and conflict-adjacent displacement contexts.
Central Africa
State fragility, ethnic conflict dynamics, and protection capacity assessments.
South Asia
Religious and political opinion claims, gender-based violence, and particular social group frameworks.
Caribbean
SOGI conditions, gang-related harm, and domestic violence protection gaps.