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 6
- Access to procedures 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
- Animist 3
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 22
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 15
- Asylum policy 1
- Asylum-seekers 1
- Baha'i 9
- Catholic 9
- Child labour 13
- Child prostitution 5
- Child soldiers 2
- Children's rights 19
- Children-at-risk 14
- Christian 10
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
- Contemporary forms of slavery 11
- Corruption 8
- Coup d'état 1
- Criminal justice 4
- Disappeared persons 15
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 14
- Domestic violence 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 13
- Effective protection 1
- Effective remedy 1
- Elections 5
- Emigrants 1
- Exiles 1
- Extrajudicial executions 19
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 5
- Forced labour 30
- Forced marriage 7
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 16
- Freedom of assembly and association 23
- Freedom of expression 22
- Freedom of information 5
- Freedom of movement 19
- Freedom of religion 33
- Freedom of speech 18
- Gender discrimination 20
- Gender-based persecution 1
- HIV and AIDS 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
- Human rights monitors 3
- Immigration Detention 1
- Impunity 4
- Independence of judiciary 6
- Internal armed conflict 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 4
- International protection 3
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Minorities 5
- Muslim 10
- National security / Public order 1
- Opposition 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 3
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2
- Persons with disabilities 6
- Police 6
- Political parties 2
- Pre-trial detention 6
- Prison or detention conditions 10
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 7
- Protestant 9
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2
- Refugees 5
- Religious discrimination 19
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
- Right to education 1
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to self-determination 2
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
- SGBV 19
- Security forces 6
- Sexual and reproductive rights 1
- Shia 9
- Social group discrimination 16
- Sufi 2
- Sunni 9
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 16
- Threats / Intimidation 1
- Torture 3
- Trafficking in persons 37
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
- Women's rights 18
- Women-at-risk 13
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