United States Department of State
The Department of State is the lead institution for the conduct of American diplomacy, a mission based on the role of the Secretary of State as the President's principal foreign policy adviser. Each year, the Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor submits to the U.S. Congress a 5,000-page report on human rights conditions in 196 countries, referred to as the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The Department of State also submits to Congress a yearly Report on International Religious Freedom. Website: www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/
- Annual Reports 11,565
- Country Reports 58
- Maps 3
- Speeches/Statements 5
- Afghanistan 82
- Albania 67
- Algeria 72
- American Samoa 3
- Andorra 39
- Angola 63
- Antigua and Barbuda 44
- Argentina 72
- Armenia 62
- Aruba 7
- Australia 59
- Austria 68
- Azerbaijan 67
- Bahamas 45
- Bahrain 71
- Bangladesh 67
- Barbados 46
- Belarus 53
- Belgium 72
- Belize 55
- Benin 54
- Bermuda 4
- Bhutan 41
- Bolivia 62
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 70
- Botswana 50
- Brazil 71
- Brunei Darussalam 47
- Bulgaria 62
- Burkina Faso 62
- Burundi 60
- Cambodia 65
- Cameroon 57
- Canada 68
- Cape Verde 43
- Central African Republic 50
- Chad 55
- Chile 63
- China 146
- Colombia 78
- Comoros 49
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 60
- Congo, Republic of the 47
- Costa Rica 53
- Croatia 57
- Cuba 70
- Cyprus 63
- Czech Republic 59
- Côte d'Ivoire 58
- Denmark 62
- Djibouti 64
- Dominica 37
- Dominican Republic 57
- Ecuador 62
- Egypt 75
- El Salvador 58
- Equatorial Guinea 53
- Eritrea 54
- Estonia 57
- Ethiopia 71
- Fiji 46
- Finland 57
- France 75
- French Guiana 2
- French Polynesia 2
- Gabon 55
- Gambia 52
- Georgia 71
- Germany 73
- Ghana 57
- Greece 76
- Grenada 38
- Guadeloupe 2
- Guam 2
- Guatemala 60
- Guinea 53
- Guinea-Bissau 48
- Guyana 51
- Haiti 51
- Honduras 56
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 62
- Hungary 61
- Iceland 50
- India 79
- Indonesia 75
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 73
- Iraq 74
- Ireland 61
- Israel 87
- Italy 72
- Jamaica 54
- Japan 70
- Jordan 68
- Kazakhstan 69
- Kenya 67
- Kiribati 45
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 69
- Korea, Republic of 62
- Kuwait 67
- Kyrgyzstan 70
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 63
- Latvia 59
- Lebanon 88
- Lesotho 47
- Liberia 54
- Libya 79
- Liechtenstein 38
- Lithuania 60
- Luxembourg 49
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 57
- Madagascar 55
- Malawi 51
- Malaysia 71
- Maldives 50
- Mali 74
- Malta 53
- Marshall Islands 43
- Martinique 2
- Mauritania 60
- Mauritius 53
- Mexico 68
- Micronesia, Federated States of 48
- Moldova, Republic of 59
- Monaco 38
- Mongolia 54
- Montenegro 60
- Morocco 72
- Mozambique 51
- Myanmar 63
- Namibia 48
- Nauru 37
- Nepal 67
- Netherlands 77
- Netherlands Antilles 10
- New Caledonia 2
- New Zealand 59
- Nicaragua 57
- Niger 62
- Nigeria 77
- Northern Mariana Islands 3
- Norway 62
- Oman 64
- Pakistan 93
- Palau 45
- Palestine, State of 84
- Panama 63
- Papua New Guinea 48
- Paraguay 68
- Peru 71
- Philippines 80
- Poland 61
- Portugal 59
- Puerto Rico 3
- Qatar 67
- Romania 59
- Russian Federation 74
- Rwanda 64
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 38
- Saint Lucia 43
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 46
- Samoa 38
- San Marino 38
- Sao Tome and Principe 39
- Saudi Arabia 72
- Senegal 64
- Serbia 95
- Seychelles 43
- Sierra Leone 60
- Singapore 66
- Slovakia 56
- Slovenia 59
- Solomon Islands 45
- Somalia 69
- South Africa 71
- South Sudan 15
- Spain 74
- Sri Lanka 77
- Sudan 72
- Suriname 54
- Swaziland 47
- Sweden 63
- Switzerland 58
- Syrian Arab Republic 77
- Tajikistan 72
- Tanzania, United Republic of 65
- Thailand 71
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 59
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 40
- Togo 54
- Tonga 44
- Trinidad and Tobago 50
- Tunisia 67
- Turkey 76
- Turkmenistan 58
- Turks and Caicos Islands 3
- Tuvalu 37
- U.S. Virgin Islands 3
- Uganda 72
- Ukraine 62
- United Arab Emirates 68
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 77
- United States of America 9
- Uruguay 57
- Uzbekistan 70
- Vanuatu 39
- Venezuela 69
- Viet Nam 55
- Wallis and Futuna 2
- Western Sahara Territory 37
- Yemen 76
- Zambia 55
- Zimbabwe 56
- Abduction 225
- Abkhazians 4
- Aborigine 3
- Abuse of psychiatry 4
- Access to procedures 201
- Acehnese 2
- Adoption 6
- Afars 1
- Africans 4
- Afro-Colombians 1
- Age discrimination 2
- Ahmadis 85
- Airports 1
- Ajarians 1
- Alawi 20
- Albanians 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 36
- Alevis 15
- Anglican 525
- Animist 370
- Anti-terrorism law 3
- Arabs 7
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 3,675
- Armed forces / Military 108
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 528
- Armenian 15
- Ashkaelian 3
- Assemblies of God 196
- Assyrians 9
- Asylum policy 4
- Asylum-seekers 281
- Azeri 3
- Baha'i 884
- Bail 3
- Bantu 3
- Baptist 630
- Basarwa 2
- Basques 7
- Batak 1
- Batwa 3
- Bedoon 10
- Bellah 1
- Bengalis 1
- Berber 3
- Bihari 1
- Border conflict 10
- Border controls 27
- Border crossers 2
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 657
- Caferis 1
- Calvinist 25
- Caribs 3
- Catholic 1,593
- Ceasefire 10
- Chaldean 40
- Cham 3
- Chechen 7
- Child labour 1,330
- Child prostitution 944
- Child soldiers 233
- Children's rights 3,346
- Children-at-risk 2,769
- Chin 1
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 1
- Christian 1,580
- Christian Scientist 15
- Circassians 2
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 1
- Civil war 4
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 1
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 79
- Conflict situation 15
- Confucianist 80
- Congregationalist 63
- Contemporary forms of slavery 68
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 4
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Copts 90
- Corruption 937
- Coup d'état 17
- Creoles 1
- Crimean Tatars 3
- Crimes against humanity 6
- Criminal justice 832
- Dalit 7
- Death in custody 33
- Death penalty 6
- Death squads 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 6
- Democracy 85
- Denial of nationality 1
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 44
- Dinka 7
- Disappeared persons 3,016
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 3,311
- Domestic violence 337
- Drug trafficking 109
- Druze 43
- Economic, social and cultural rights 2,506
- Effective protection 204
- Effective remedy 182
- Egyptians 6
- Elections 1,051
- Emigrants 16
- Episcopalian 107
- Equal opportunities 1
- Ethiopians 2
- Ethnic cleansing 2
- Evacuation 1
- Evangelical 659
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 3
- Exiles 1
- Expulsion 1
- Extradition 1
- Extrajudicial executions 2,887
- Extreme poverty 1
- False documents 5
- Falun Gong 41
- Family reunification 1
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 147
- Flight by land, air or sea 5
- Forced labour 4,512
- Forced marriage 171
- Forced relocation 19
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 6
- Foreign occupation 27
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 2,947
- Freedom of assembly and association 3,584
- Freedom of conscience 1
- Freedom of expression 3,471
- Freedom of information 833
- Freedom of movement 3,115
- Freedom of religion 6,437
- Freedom of speech 3,207
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 28
- Gender discrimination 3,454
- Gender-based persecution 199
- Generalized violence 43
- Genocide 1
- Good governance 3
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 1
- Gujaratis 1
- HIV and AIDS 148
- Haitians 7
- Han 1
- Haratin 1
- Hare Krishna 164
- Harmful traditional practices 31
- Hazara 2
- Hindu 648
- Hmong 35
- Honour killings 15
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 62
- Huang Jiao 4
- Hui 1
- Human rights activists 88
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 2,711
- Human rights courts 61
- Human rights monitors 466
- Humanitarian assistance 12
- IDP camps 10
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 78
- Illegitimate children 1
- Immigrants 31
- Immigration Detention 214
- Impunity 453
- Independence of judiciary 323
- Indigenous persons 362
- Integration 6
- Internal armed conflict 59
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 320
- International armed conflict 3
- International courts and tribunals 5
- International protection 381
- Ismaili 38
- Jain 25
- Japanese 1
- Jehovah's Witness 853
- Jew 983
- Juvenile justice system 22
- Kachin 4
- Karachay 1
- Karakalpaks 1
- Karamojong 3
- Karen 1
- Kashmiris 5
- Khmer 2
- Kikuyu 1
- Kisii 1
- Kosovar 20
- Kuchi 1
- Kunama 2
- Kurd 26
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 17
- Legal representation / Legal aid 9
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 572
- Lutheran 417
- Maasai 1
- Madhiban 6
- Malinke / Mandingo 1
- Maori 3
- Mapuche 1
- Maronite 76
- Mayans 2
- Mennonite 99
- Mental health 5
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 19
- Meskhetians 1
- Messianic Jews 33
- Methodist 463
- Midgan 2
- Migrant rights 43
- Migrants 300
- Military courts 3
- Military law 1
- Military operations 30
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 87
- Minorities 1,387
- Minority rights 11
- Montagnards 1
- Moravian 38
- Mormon 694
- Moros 1
- Muslim 1,677
- Naturalization 7
- Nepalis 1
- New Life Church 3
- Non-self-governing territories 3
- Non-state agents of persecution 3
- Nuba 3
- Nuer 2
- Older persons 1
- One-child policy / Family planning 5
- Opposition 115
- Orang Asli 1
- Oromo 1
- Orthodox Christian 696
- Ossetians (South) 5
- Palestinian 33
- Papuans 2
- Pashtun 2
- Passports 18
- Peace agreements 9
- Peace process 8
- Peacekeeping 21
- Pentecostal 555
- Persecution based on nationality 157
- Persecution based on political opinion 644
- Persecution of family members 16
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 452
- Persons with disabilities 1,218
- Piracy 4
- Police 1,197
- Political groups 1
- Political parties 61
- Political situation 8
- Polygamy 11
- Pre-trial detention 428
- Presbyterian 291
- Prevention of discrimination 4
- Prison or detention conditions 1,463
- Property restitution 137
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1,272
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 28
- Protestant 1,113
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 56
- Public health 3
- Quan Yin 2
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 58
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 11
- Rastafarian 136
- Reconciliation 10
- Referendum 10
- Refoulement 1
- Refugee camps 15
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 15
- Refugees 908
- Registration 4
- Reintegration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 6
- Religious discrimination 4,016
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 2,051
- Resettlement 1
- Residence permits / Residency 18
- Return conditions 7
- Returnees 16
- Right to a nationality 1
- Right to education 22
- Right to employment 8
- Right to family life 1
- Right to food 1
- Right to health 6
- Right to justice 7
- Right to return 3
- Right to seek asylum 1
- Right to self-determination 471
- Rights of non-citizens 22
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 19
- Roma 160
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 491
- SGBV 3,231
- Sabean Mandean 11
- Safe country of origin 2
- Saharawis 5
- Salafi 44
- Sale of children 56
- Samaritans 3
- Sami 50
- San Bushmen 8
- Sanctions 2
- Scientologist 126
- Security forces 933
- Security situation 30
- Serb 22
- Serious non-political crime 16
- Seventh Day Adventist 678
- Sexual and reproductive rights 6
- Shabak 2
- Shamanism 18
- Shan 1
- Sharia law 1
- Shia 418
- Shinto 37
- Sikh 213
- Single heads of household 1
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 3
- Smuggling of persons 225
- Social group discrimination 2,544
- Social group persecution 3
- Somalis 4
- State of emergency 18
- Statelessness 198
- Sufi 130
- Sunni 663
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 539
- Tamil 10
- Taoist 115
- Tatars 4
- Terrorism 1,904
- Threats / Intimidation 224
- Tibetan 21
- Torres Strait Islanders 1
- Torture 296
- Trafficking in persons 6,305
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 177
- Travel documents 1
- Tuareg 2
- Turkmen 1
- Turks 5
- Uighur 13
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 52
- Unification Church 92
- Uzbek 2
- Visas 19
- Voluntary repatriation 2
- War crimes 12
- Widowed persons 1
- Witchcraft 13
- Withdrawal of nationality 3
- Witnesses 83
- Women's rights 3,291
- Women-at-risk 2,507
- Work permits 4
- Yazīdī 31
- Zanzibaris 3
- Zoroastrian 105
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