Office of International Religious Freedom

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United States federal agency component government office

The Office of International Religious Freedom is a U.S. State Department office responsible for promoting global religious freedom and documenting violations of religious rights around the world.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Office of International Religious Freedom canonical	2
U.S. Department of State Office of International Religious Freedom	1
U.S. international religious freedom monitoring system	1
https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/office-of-international-religious-freedom/	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency component ⓘ government office ⓘ
collaboratesWith	U.S. embassies and consulates ⓘ international organizations on religious freedom issues ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employer	United States Department of State ⓘ
establishedBy	International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ⓘ
focusesOn	documenting persecution based on religion ⓘ freedom of religion or belief ⓘ protection of religious minorities ⓘ
goal	advance universal right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion ⓘ integrate religious freedom concerns into U.S. diplomacy ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
headOfGovernmentBody	Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mandate	identify and condemn religious persecution and discrimination ⓘ promote religious freedom as a core objective of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ support civil society and religious communities facing persecution ⓘ work with foreign governments to improve religious freedom conditions ⓘ
monitors	governments that restrict religious practice ⓘ non-state actors that persecute individuals for their religion ⓘ
parentOrganization	Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of State ⓘ
produces	country-specific assessments of religious freedom ⓘ
publishes	International Religious Freedom Report ⓘ surface form: Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
reportsTo	United States Secretary of State ⓘ
responsibleFor	advising U.S. foreign policy on religious freedom issues ⓘ implementing the International Religious Freedom Act ⓘ monitoring violations of religious freedom worldwide ⓘ promoting international religious freedom ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
subjectArea	human rights ⓘ international law ⓘ religious liberty ⓘ
typeOfReport	country human rights report (religious freedom focus) ⓘ
usesInstrument	diplomatic engagement ⓘ policy recommendations ⓘ public reporting ⓘ
usesLegalFramework	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
website	Office of International Religious Freedom self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/office-of-international-religious-freedom/

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Religious Freedom Report → producedBy → Office of International Religious Freedom ⓘ

International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 → establishes → Office of International Religious Freedom ⓘ

International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 → linkedTo → Office of International Religious Freedom ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State Office of International Religious Freedom

Special Watch List for religious freedom → partOf → Office of International Religious Freedom ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. international religious freedom monitoring system

Office of International Religious Freedom → website → Office of International Religious Freedom self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/office-of-international-religious-freedom/