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/
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- Human rights monitors 4
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- Persons with disabilities 12
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- Pre-trial detention 6
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- Property restitution 3
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1
- Protestant 7
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- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Reconciliation 1
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- Religious discrimination 25
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- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 6
- Security forces 9
- Security situation 1
- Seventh Day Adventist 10
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 19
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- Shia 10
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- Smuggling of persons 1
- Social group discrimination 13
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- Sunni 10
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
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- Terrorism 28
- Threats / Intimidation 6
- Torture 8
- Trafficking in persons 41
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 3
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
- Widowed persons 1
- Women's rights 19
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