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 12,510
- Country Reports 58
- Maps 3
- Speeches/Statements 5
- Afghanistan 95
- Albania 72
- Algeria 79
- American Samoa 3
- Andorra 42
- Angola 67
- Antigua and Barbuda 48
- Argentina 77
- Armenia 66
- Aruba 9
- Australia 64
- Austria 73
- Azerbaijan 72
- Bahamas 49
- Bahrain 76
- Bangladesh 73
- Barbados 50
- Belarus 57
- Belgium 77
- Belize 59
- Benin 58
- Bermuda 5
- Bhutan 45
- Bolivia 66
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 75
- Botswana 54
- Brazil 76
- Brunei Darussalam 51
- Bulgaria 67
- Burkina Faso 67
- Burundi 65
- Cambodia 69
- Cameroon 63
- Canada 73
- Cape Verde 47
- Central African Republic 54
- Chad 60
- Chile 67
- China 161
- Colombia 86
- Comoros 53
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 64
- Congo, Republic of the 51
- Costa Rica 57
- Croatia 61
- Cuba 75
- Cyprus 71
- Czech Republic 63
- Côte d'Ivoire 63
- Denmark 67
- Djibouti 69
- Dominica 40
- Dominican Republic 61
- Ecuador 66
- Egypt 85
- El Salvador 62
- Equatorial Guinea 57
- Eritrea 59
- Estonia 61
- Ethiopia 76
- Fiji 50
- Finland 61
- France 81
- French Guiana 3
- French Polynesia 3
- Gabon 59
- Gambia 56
- Georgia 76
- Germany 78
- Ghana 61
- Greece 82
- Grenada 41
- Guadeloupe 3
- Guam 3
- Guatemala 64
- Guinea 57
- Guinea-Bissau 52
- Guyana 55
- Haiti 55
- Honduras 60
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 67
- Hungary 65
- Iceland 54
- India 89
- Indonesia 82
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 79
- Iraq 85
- Ireland 68
- Israel 98
- Italy 77
- Jamaica 58
- Japan 75
- Jordan 73
- Kazakhstan 74
- Kenya 73
- Kiribati 49
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 73
- Korea, Republic of 67
- Kuwait 72
- Kyrgyzstan 75
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 67
- Latvia 63
- Lebanon 105
- Lesotho 51
- Liberia 58
- Libya 91
- Liechtenstein 41
- Lithuania 64
- Luxembourg 52
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 62
- Madagascar 59
- Malawi 55
- Malaysia 78
- Maldives 55
- Mali 83
- Malta 57
- Marshall Islands 47
- Martinique 3
- Mauritania 66
- Mauritius 57
- Mexico 73
- Micronesia, Federated States of 52
- Moldova, Republic of 63
- Monaco 41
- Mongolia 58
- Montenegro 64
- Morocco 77
- Mozambique 55
- Myanmar 67
- Namibia 52
- Nauru 40
- Nepal 73
- Netherlands 83
- Netherlands Antilles 10
- New Caledonia 3
- New Zealand 63
- Nicaragua 61
- Niger 70
- Nigeria 85
- Northern Mariana Islands 4
- Norway 67
- Oman 69
- Pakistan 111
- Palau 49
- Palestine, State of 99
- Panama 68
- Papua New Guinea 52
- Paraguay 73
- Peru 77
- Philippines 89
- Poland 65
- Portugal 63
- Puerto Rico 4
- Qatar 72
- Romania 63
- Russian Federation 80
- Rwanda 68
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 41
- Saint Lucia 47
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50
- Samoa 41
- San Marino 41
- Sao Tome and Principe 42
- Saudi Arabia 78
- Senegal 69
- Serbia 105
- Seychelles 47
- Sierra Leone 64
- Singapore 71
- Slovakia 60
- Slovenia 63
- Solomon Islands 49
- Somalia 77
- South Africa 76
- South Sudan 19
- Spain 80
- Sri Lanka 83
- Sudan 77
- Suriname 58
- Swaziland 51
- Sweden 68
- Switzerland 62
- Syrian Arab Republic 92
- Tajikistan 77
- Tanzania, United Republic of 70
- Thailand 76
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 64
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 44
- Togo 58
- Tonga 48
- Trinidad and Tobago 55
- Tunisia 74
- Turkey 83
- Turkmenistan 63
- Turks and Caicos Islands 4
- Tuvalu 40
- U.S. Virgin Islands 4
- Uganda 77
- Ukraine 69
- United Arab Emirates 73
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 84
- United States of America 10
- Uruguay 61
- Uzbekistan 76
- Vanuatu 42
- Venezuela 76
- Viet Nam 59
- Wallis and Futuna 3
- Western Sahara Territory 40
- Yemen 85
- Zambia 59
- Zimbabwe 60
- Abduction 272
- Abkhazians 5
- Aborigine 5
- Abuse of psychiatry 4
- Access to procedures 203
- Acehnese 2
- Adoption 6
- Afars 1
- Africans 8
- Afro-Colombians 1
- Age discrimination 2
- Ahmadis 119
- Airports 1
- Ajarians 1
- Alawi 25
- Albanians 2
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 44
- Alevis 19
- Anglican 645
- Animist 470
- Anti-terrorism law 4
- Appeal / Right to appeal 1
- Arabs 8
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 3,807
- Armed forces / Military 118
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 656
- Armenian 15
- Ashkaelian 4
- Assemblies of God 231
- Assyrians 13
- Asylum policy 197
- Asylum-seekers 295
- Azeri 3
- Baha'i 1,106
- Bail 3
- Bantu 3
- Baptist 760
- Basarwa 3
- Basques 7
- Batak 1
- Batwa 3
- Bedoon 13
- Bellah 1
- Bengalis 1
- Berber 3
- Bihari 1
- Border conflict 11
- Border controls 30
- Border crossers 2
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 832
- Burden of proof 1
- Caferis 1
- Calvinist 31
- Caribs 3
- Catholic 1,955
- Ceasefire 11
- Chaldean 49
- Cham 3
- Chechen 7
- Child labour 1,514
- Child prostitution 1,138
- Child soldiers 266
- Children's rights 3,544
- Children-at-risk 2,964
- Chin 1
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 1
- Christian 1,984
- Christian Scientist 19
- Circassians 2
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 1
- Civil war 6
- Civilian character of asylum 1
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 2
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 121
- Conflict situation 15
- Confucianist 99
- Congregationalist 76
- Contemporary forms of slavery 72
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 5
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Copts 112
- Corruption 1,131
- Coup d'état 21
- Creoles 1
- Crimean Tatars 7
- Crimes against humanity 9
- Criminal justice 833
- Dalit 9
- Death in custody 42
- Death penalty 12
- Death squads 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 6
- Democracy 116
- Denial of nationality 1
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 53
- Dinka 8
- Disappeared persons 3,061
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 3,464
- Domestic violence 532
- Drug trafficking 113
- Druze 48
- Economic, social and cultural rights 2,506
- Effective protection 208
- Effective remedy 182
- Egyptians 7
- Elections 1,248
- Emigrants 41
- Episcopalian 135
- Equal opportunities 1
- Eritreans 1
- Ethiopians 2
- Ethnic cleansing 2
- Evacuation 1
- Evangelical 803
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 4
- Exiles 39
- Expulsion 1
- Extradition 1
- Extrajudicial executions 2,993
- Extreme poverty 1
- False documents 5
- Falun Gong 59
- Family reunification 1
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 211
- Flight by land, air or sea 5
- Forced labour 4,774
- Forced marriage 312
- Forced relocation 23
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 8
- Foreign occupation 28
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 2,951
- Freedom of assembly and association 3,782
- Freedom of conscience 1
- Freedom of expression 3,639
- Freedom of information 1,030
- Freedom of movement 3,231
- Freedom of religion 6,883
- Freedom of speech 3,362
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 32
- Gender discrimination 3,608
- Gender-based persecution 199
- Generalized violence 48
- Genocide 1
- Good governance 4
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 2
- Gujaratis 1
- HIV and AIDS 297
- Haitians 8
- Han 1
- Haratin 1
- Hare Krishna 197
- Harmful traditional practices 34
- Hazara 3
- Hindu 811
- Hmong 35
- Honour killings 30
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 126
- Huang Jiao 6
- Hui 1
- Human rights activists 105
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 2,711
- Human rights courts 63
- Human rights monitors 665
- Humanitarian assistance 15
- IDP camps 14
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 81
- Illegitimate children 1
- Immigrants 36
- Immigration Detention 245
- Immunity 1
- Impunity 576
- Independence of judiciary 376
- Indigenous persons 420
- Integration 25
- Internal armed conflict 88
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 383
- International armed conflict 3
- International courts and tribunals 5
- International protection 573
- Ismaili 55
- Jain 34
- Japanese 1
- Jehovah's Witness 1,075
- Jew 1,259
- Juvenile justice system 24
- Kachin 4
- Karachay 1
- Karakalpaks 1
- Karamojong 3
- Karen 1
- Kashmiris 6
- Khmer 2
- Kikuyu 1
- Kisii 1
- Kosovar 25
- Kuchi 1
- Kunama 2
- Kurd 28
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 24
- Legal representation / Legal aid 13
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 658
- Lutheran 506
- Maasai 1
- Madhiban 6
- Malinke / Mandingo 1
- Maori 3
- Mapuche 1
- Maronite 89
- Mayans 4
- Mbororo 1
- Mennonite 118
- Mental health 6
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 22
- Meskhetians 1
- Messianic Jews 38
- Methodist 558
- Midgan 2
- Migrant rights 59
- Migrants 311
- Military courts 5
- Military law 2
- Military operations 32
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 107
- Minorities 1,387
- Minority rights 12
- Montagnards 1
- Moravian 55
- Mormon 866
- Moros 1
- Multiple nationality 1
- Muslim 2,077
- National security / Public order 46
- Naturalization 7
- Nepalis 1
- New Life Church 3
- Non-self-governing territories 3
- Non-state agents of persecution 5
- Nuba 3
- Nuer 3
- Older persons 1
- One-child policy / Family planning 6
- Opposition 120
- Orang Asli 1
- Oromo 1
- Orthodox Christian 852
- Ossetians (South) 6
- Palestinian 36
- Papuans 2
- Pashtun 2
- Passports 18
- Peace agreements 12
- Peace process 14
- Peacekeeping 23
- Pentecostal 681
- Persecution based on nationality 157
- Persecution based on political opinion 724
- Persecution of family members 19
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 633
- Persons with disabilities 1,412
- Piracy 4
- Poles 1
- Police 1,395
- Political groups 1
- Political parties 179
- Political situation 8
- Polygamy 12
- Pre-trial detention 569
- Presbyterian 351
- Prevention of discrimination 6
- Prison or detention conditions 1,624
- Property restitution 203
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1,450
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 37
- Protestant 1,402
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 89
- Public health 6
- Quan Yin 2
- Quechua 1
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 58
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 40
- Rastafarian 174
- Readmission 1
- Reconciliation 13
- Referendum 13
- Refoulement 45
- Refugee camps 26
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 20
- Refugees 1,104
- Registration 104
- Reintegration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 31
- Rejection at border 1
- Religious discrimination 4,213
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 2,098
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
- Resettlement 34
- Residence permits / Residency 21
- Return conditions 7
- Returnees 17
- Right to a nationality 1
- Right to education 133
- Right to employment 69
- Right to family life 1
- Right to food 1
- Right to health 9
- Right to justice 9
- Right to registration at birth 192
- Right to return 3
- Right to seek asylum 1
- Right to self-determination 473
- Rights of non-citizens 33
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 23
- Roma 182
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 613
- SGBV 3,428
- Sabean Mandean 15
- Safe country of origin 36
- Saharawis 6
- Salafi 57
- Sale of children 58
- Samaritans 3
- Sami 50
- San Bushmen 9
- Sanctions 2
- Scientologist 153
- Security forces 1,130
- Security situation 38
- Serb 23
- Serious non-political crime 23
- Seventh Day Adventist 832
- Sexual and reproductive rights 198
- Shabak 2
- Shamanism 25
- Shan 1
- Sharia law 2
- Shia 514
- Shinto 43
- Sikh 265
- Single heads of household 1
- Sinhalese 2
- Small arms 3
- Smuggling of persons 228
- Social group discrimination 2,548
- Social group persecution 3
- Somalis 6
- State of emergency 18
- Statelessness 199
- Sufi 158
- Sunni 823
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 539
- Tamil 11
- Taoist 138
- Tatars 8
- Temporary protection 72
- Terrorism 2,079
- Threats / Intimidation 375
- Tibetan 28
- Tien Do 1
- Torres Strait Islanders 1
- Torture 437
- Trafficking in persons 6,628
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 226
- Travel documents 1
- Tuareg 3
- Turkmen 1
- Turks 5
- Uighur 16
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 56
- Unification Church 127
- Urban refugees 4
- Uzbek 2
- Visas 23
- Voluntary repatriation 8
- War crimes 13
- Widowed persons 1
- Witchcraft 26
- Withdrawal of nationality 6
- Witnesses 86
- Women's rights 3,492
- Women-at-risk 2,507
- Work permits 4
- Yazīdī 41
- Zanzibaris 4
- Zoroastrian 119
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