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 10
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 5
- Animist 4
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 24
- Armed forces / Military 3
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 13
- Asylum policy 1
- Asylum-seekers 1
- Baha'i 1
- Batwa 2
- Catholic 9
- Child labour 12
- Child prostitution 7
- Child soldiers 13
- Children's rights 18
- Children-at-risk 15
- Christian 9
- Contemporary forms of slavery 2
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Copts 1
- Corruption 8
- Crimes against humanity 1
- Criminal justice 3
- Democracy 1
- Disappeared persons 21
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 19
- Domestic violence 2
- Drug trafficking 1
- Economic, social and cultural rights 13
- Effective protection 1
- Elections 6
- Evangelical 3
- Extrajudicial executions 20
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
- Forced labour 30
- Forced marriage 3
- Forced relocation 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 17
- Freedom of assembly and association 20
- Freedom of expression 21
- Freedom of information 5
- Freedom of movement 17
- Freedom of religion 32
- Freedom of speech 16
- Gender discrimination 20
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Generalized violence 2
- HIV and AIDS 1
- Human rights activists 3
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
- Human rights monitors 4
- Immigration Detention 1
- Impunity 4
- Independence of judiciary 4
- Indigenous persons 8
- Integration 1
- Internal armed conflict 4
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 11
- International protection 3
- Jehovah's Witness 8
- Jew 4
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 5
- Military courts 1
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 6
- Minorities 7
- Mormon 9
- Muslim 9
- National security / Public order 1
- Opposition 1
- Orthodox Christian 9
- Peacekeeping 3
- Persecution based on nationality 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 6
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 3
- Persons with disabilities 8
- Police 5
- Political parties 1
- Pre-trial detention 6
- Prison or detention conditions 9
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
- Protestant 9
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
- Refugee camps 1
- Refugees 6
- Registration 1
- Religious discrimination 19
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
- Right to education 1
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to self-determination 3
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
- SGBV 20
- Sale of children 1
- Security forces 10
- Security situation 3
- Sexual and reproductive rights 1
- Social group discrimination 13
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 7
- Threats / Intimidation 7
- Torture 4
- Trafficking in persons 38
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- War crimes 3
- Women's rights 18
- Women-at-risk 13
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