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/interntl/
- Annual Reports 9,800
- Country Reports 58
- Maps 3
- Speeches/Statements 4
- Afghanistan 61
- Albania 58
- Algeria 59
- American Samoa 1
- Andorra 35
- Angola 56
- Antigua and Barbuda 37
- Argentina 62
- Armenia 55
- Aruba 4
- Australia 52
- Austria 58
- Azerbaijan 57
- Bahamas 38
- Bahrain 61
- Bangladesh 55
- Barbados 39
- Belarus 46
- Belgium 62
- Belize 48
- Benin 47
- Bermuda 1
- Bhutan 34
- Bolivia 55
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 60
- Botswana 43
- Brazil 61
- Brunei Darussalam 40
- Bulgaria 52
- Burkina Faso 52
- Burundi 50
- Cambodia 58
- Cameroon 46
- Canada 58
- Cape Verde 36
- Central African Republic 43
- Chad 45
- Chile 56
- China 116
- Colombia 62
- Comoros 42
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 52
- Congo, Republic of the 40
- Costa Rica 46
- Croatia 50
- Cuba 59
- Cyprus 49
- Czech Republic 52
- Côte d'Ivoire 51
- Denmark 52
- Djibouti 54
- Dominica 33
- Dominican Republic 50
- Ecuador 55
- Egypt 61
- El Salvador 51
- Equatorial Guinea 46
- Eritrea 44
- Estonia 50
- Ethiopia 61
- Fiji 39
- Finland 50
- France 62
- French Guiana 1
- French Polynesia 1
- Gabon 48
- Gambia 45
- Georgia 61
- Germany 62
- Ghana 50
- Greece 62
- Grenada 34
- Guadeloupe 1
- Guatemala 53
- Guinea 46
- Guinea-Bissau 41
- Guyana 44
- Haiti 44
- Honduras 49
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 53
- Hungary 54
- Iceland 43
- India 63
- Indonesia 61
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 60
- Iraq 55
- Ireland 47
- Israel 68
- Italy 62
- Jamaica 47
- Japan 61
- Jordan 57
- Kazakhstan 59
- Kenya 57
- Kiribati 38
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 59
- Korea, Republic of 52
- Kuwait 57
- Kyrgyzstan 60
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 56
- Latvia 52
- Lebanon 63
- Lesotho 40
- Liberia 47
- Libya 59
- Liechtenstein 34
- Lithuania 53
- Luxembourg 42
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 48
- Madagascar 48
- Malawi 44
- Malaysia 58
- Maldives 40
- Mali 57
- Malta 46
- Marshall Islands 36
- Martinique 1
- Mauritania 50
- Mauritius 46
- Mexico 58
- Micronesia, Federated States of 41
- Moldova, Republic of 52
- Monaco 34
- Mongolia 47
- Montenegro 53
- Morocco 61
- Mozambique 44
- Myanmar 56
- Namibia 41
- Nauru 33
- Nepal 57
- Netherlands 59
- Netherlands Antilles 6
- New Caledonia 1
- New Zealand 52
- Nicaragua 50
- Niger 48
- Nigeria 63
- Northern Mariana Islands 1
- Norway 52
- Occupied Palestinian Territory 57
- Oman 54
- Pakistan 64
- Palau 38
- Panama 53
- Papua New Guinea 41
- Paraguay 58
- Peru 59
- Philippines 63
- Poland 54
- Portugal 52
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 57
- Romania 52
- Russian Federation 63
- Rwanda 55
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 34
- Saint Lucia 36
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 39
- Samoa 34
- San Marino 34
- Sao Tome and Principe 35
- Saudi Arabia 62
- Senegal 54
- Serbia 75
- Seychelles 36
- Sierra Leone 53
- Singapore 56
- Slovakia 49
- Slovenia 52
- Solomon Islands 38
- Somalia 54
- South Africa 61
- South Sudan 6
- Spain 62
- Sri Lanka 64
- Sudan 62
- Suriname 47
- Swaziland 40
- Sweden 53
- Switzerland 51
- Syrian Arab Republic 57
- Tajikistan 62
- Tanzania, United Republic of 55
- Thailand 61
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 51
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 33
- Togo 47
- Tonga 37
- Trinidad and Tobago 43
- Tunisia 55
- Turkey 62
- Turkmenistan 48
- Turks and Caicos Islands 1
- Tuvalu 33
- U.S. Virgin Islands 1
- Uganda 62
- Ukraine 55
- United Arab Emirates 58
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 62
- United States of America 6
- Uruguay 50
- Uzbekistan 58
- Vanuatu 35
- Venezuela 56
- Viet Nam 48
- Wallis and Futuna 1
- Western Sahara Territory 33
- Yemen 60
- Zambia 48
- Zimbabwe 49
- Abduction 161
- Abkhazians 3
- Aborigine 1
- Abuse of psychiatry 3
- Access to procedures 191
- Acehnese 2
- Adoption 5
- Afars 1
- Age discrimination 2
- Ahmadis 58
- Airports 1
- Ajarians 1
- Alawi 14
- Alevis 10
- Anglican 407
- Animist 296
- Anti-terrorism law 1
- Arabs 4
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 3,507
- Armed forces / Military 65
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 273
- Armenian 15
- Ashkaelian 1
- Assemblies of God 159
- Assyrians 5
- Asylum-seekers 229
- Azeri 3
- Baha'i 665
- Bail 1
- Baptist 493
- Basques 7
- Batak 1
- Batwa 2
- Bedoon 5
- Bengalis 1
- Berber 2
- Bihari 1
- Border conflict 5
- Border controls 21
- Border crossers 1
- Buddhist 479
- Caferis 1
- Calvinist 19
- Caribs 1
- Catholic 1,221
- Ceasefire 8
- Chaldean 31
- Cham 1
- Chechen 6
- Child labour 820
- Child prostitution 530
- Child soldiers 149
- Children's rights 3,339
- Children-at-risk 2,577
- Chin 1
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 1
- Christian 1,201
- Christian Scientist 11
- Circassians 2
- Civil and political rights 1
- Civil war 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 1
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 27
- Conflict situation 15
- Confucianist 59
- Congregationalist 49
- Contemporary forms of slavery 38
- Copts 65
- Corruption 635
- Coup d'état 8
- Creoles 1
- Crimes against humanity 4
- Criminal justice 822
- Dalit 4
- Death in custody 20
- Death penalty 5
- Death squads 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 6
- Democracy 42
- Deportation / Forcible return 24
- Dinka 3
- Disabled persons 1,057
- Disappeared persons 2,964
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 3,109
- Domestic violence 232
- Drug trafficking 58
- Druze 33
- Economic, social and cultural rights 2,506
- Effective protection 192
- Effective remedy 180
- Egyptians 2
- Elderly 1
- Elections 893
- Emigrants 2
- Episcopalian 88
- Equal opportunities 1
- Ethiopians 1
- Evacuation 1
- Evangelical 495
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 2
- Expulsion 1
- Extradition 1
- Extrajudicial executions 2,783
- Extreme poverty 1
- False documents 2
- Falun Gong 25
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 93
- Forced labour 3,865
- Forced marriage 77
- Forced relocation 7
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 1
- Foreign occupation 24
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 2,935
- Freedom of assembly and association 3,402
- Freedom of expression 3,240
- Freedom of information 786
- Freedom of movement 3,019
- Freedom of religion 5,927
- Freedom of speech 3,086
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 8
- Gender discrimination 3,228
- Gender-based persecution 199
- Generalized violence 20
- Genocide 1
- Gujaratis 1
- HIV and AIDS 70
- Haitians 4
- Han 1
- Hare Krishna 135
- Harmful traditional practices 25
- Hazara 1
- Hindu 485
- Hmong 35
- Honour killings 8
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 27
- Huang Jiao 2
- Hui 1
- Human rights activists 47
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 2,510
- Human rights courts 61
- Human rights monitors 414
- Humanitarian assistance 4
- IDP camps 3
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 31
- Illegitimate children 1
- Immigrants 13
- Immigration Detention 193
- Impunity 197
- Independence of judiciary 198
- Indigenous persons 282
- Integration 1
- Internal armed conflict 27
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 258
- International armed conflict 3
- International courts and tribunals 4
- International protection 381
- Ismaili 24
- Jain 19
- Japanese 1
- Jehovah's Witness 635
- Jew 678
- Juvenile justice system 10
- Kachin 3
- Karachay 1
- Karakalpaks 1
- Karamojong 1
- Karen 1
- Kashmiris 5
- Khmer 1
- Kikuyu 1
- Kisii 1
- Kosovar 9
- Kuchi 1
- Kunama 1
- Kurd 12
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 7
- Legal representation / Legal aid 4
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 343
- Lutheran 322
- Maasai 1
- Madhiban 6
- Malinke / Mandingo 1
- Maori 1
- Mapuche 1
- Maronite 63
- Mayans 1
- Mennonite 79
- Mental health 4
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 8
- Meskhetians 1
- Messianic Jews 28
- Methodist 364
- Migrant rights 12
- Migrants 179
- Military courts 1
- Military operations 23
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 58
- Minorities 1,361
- Minority rights 5
- Montagnards 1
- Moravian 24
- Mormon 532
- Moros 1
- Muslim 1,263
- Naturalization 3
- New Life Church 2
- Non-self-governing territories 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 2
- Nuba 2
- One-child policy / Family planning 2
- Opposition 89
- Orang Asli 1
- Oromo 1
- Orthodox Christian 526
- Ossetians (South) 4
- Palestinian 28
- Pashtun 2
- Passports 2
- Peace agreements 6
- Peace process 4
- Peacekeeping 15
- Pentecostal 423
- Persecution based on nationality 156
- Persecution based on political opinion 600
- Persecution of family members 6
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 438
- Piracy 3
- Police 1,016
- Political groups 1
- Political parties 53
- Political situation 5
- Polygamy 9
- Pre-trial detention 259
- Presbyterian 224
- Prison or detention conditions 1,171
- Property restitution 104
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 699
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 15
- Protestant 887
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 6
- Public health 2
- Quan Yin 2
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 41
- Rastafarian 101
- Reconciliation 6
- Referendum 8
- Refoulement 1
- Refugee camps 7
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 6
- Refugees 829
- Registration 1
- Reintegration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 2
- Religious discrimination 3,691
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 2,014
- Resettlement 1
- Residence permits / Residency 18
- Return conditions 4
- Returnees 8
- Right to education 14
- Right to employment 2
- Right to family life 1
- Right to health 2
- Right to justice 6
- Right to return 1
- Right to self-determination 437
- Rights of non-citizens 10
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 8
- Roma 71
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 341
- SGBV 2,948
- Sabean Mandean 7
- Safe country of origin 1
- Saharawis 2
- Salafi 23
- Sale of children 23
- Samaritans 1
- Sami 50
- San Bushmen 4
- Sanctions 2
- Scientologist 100
- Security forces 734
- Security situation 22
- Serb 19
- Serious non-political crime 7
- Seventh Day Adventist 531
- Sexual and reproductive rights 6
- Shabak 1
- Shamanism 12
- Shia 319
- Shinto 31
- Sikh 158
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 3
- Smuggling of persons 212
- Social group discrimination 2,530
- Social group persecution 3
- Somalis 2
- State of emergency 13
- Stateless persons 192
- Statelessness 2
- Sufi 92
- Sunni 505
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
- Tamil 7
- Taoist 87
- Tatars 3
- Terrorism 1,488
- Threats / Intimidation 50
- Tibetan 11
- Torres Strait Islanders 1
- Torture 170
- Trafficking in persons 5,452
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 172
- Tuareg 1
- Turks 1
- Uighur 10
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 18
- Unification Church 57
- Uzbek 1
- Visas 11
- Voluntary repatriation 2
- War crimes 10
- Widowed persons 1
- Witchcraft 3
- Witnesses 76
- Women's rights 3,285
- Women-at-risk 2,507
- Work permits 1
- Yazīdī 18
- Zanzibaris 3
- Zoroastrian 92
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