Refworld Case Law Collection Survey
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/
- Abduction 3
- Animist 6
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 23
- Armed forces / Military 2
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 4
- Asylum policy 1
- Asylum-seekers 1
- Baha'i 9
- Catholic 10
- Child labour 14
- Child prostitution 8
- Child soldiers 11
- Children's rights 18
- Children-at-risk 17
- Christian 10
- Contemporary forms of slavery 1
- Corruption 7
- Coup d'état 1
- Criminal justice 5
- Disappeared persons 17
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 19
- Domestic violence 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 13
- Effective protection 3
- Elections 7
- Emigrants 1
- Evangelical 8
- Extrajudicial executions 19
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 7
- Forced labour 29
- Forced marriage 5
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 18
- Freedom of assembly and association 22
- Freedom of expression 21
- Freedom of information 5
- Freedom of movement 19
- Freedom of religion 33
- Freedom of speech 20
- Gender discrimination 19
- Gender-based persecution 1
- HIV and AIDS 4
- Harmful traditional practices 1
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 3
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
- Human rights monitors 5
- IDP camps 1
- Immigration Detention 1
- Impunity 5
- Independence of judiciary 6
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 5
- International protection 3
- Jehovah's Witness 9
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 3
- Military operations 1
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3
- Minorities 7
- Muslim 10
- Opposition 2
- Peacekeeping 1
- Persecution based on nationality 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 5
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 3
- Persons with disabilities 9
- Police 5
- Political parties 1
- Pre-trial detention 6
- Prison or detention conditions 10
- Property restitution 1
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
- Protestant 10
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
- Refugee camps 2
- Refugees 11
- Religious discrimination 19
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
- Resettlement 1
- Right to education 1
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to self-determination 3
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 5
- SGBV 19
- Salafi 5
- Sale of children 4
- Security forces 8
- Security situation 1
- Sexual and reproductive rights 1
- Social group discrimination 13
- Sufi 10
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
- Terrorism 7
- Threats / Intimidation 1
- Torture 6
- Trafficking in persons 34
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
- Women's rights 19
- Women-at-risk 13
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