Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices is an annual U.S. State Department publication that assesses and documents the human rights conditions in countries around the world.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government publication
annual report series
human rights report
accessPolicy open access
alsoKnownAs U.S. State Department Human Rights Reports
countryOfOrigin United States of America
covers independent states
some non-sovereign territories
createdBy United States Congress mandate
format country-by-country narrative reports
frequency annual
hasPart country chapter
executive summary
methodology section
issuedBy U.S. Secretary of State
language English
legalBasis Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
Trade Act of 1974
medium online publication
printed report
publishedBy Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
publisher United States Department of State
purpose to assess human rights conditions in countries around the world
to inform U.S. foreign policy decisions
to provide information to Congress
to provide information to the public and international community
scope worldwide
startTime 1977
subject arbitrary arrest and detention
civil liberties
discrimination and societal abuses
freedom of assembly
freedom of expression
freedom of religion
human rights
labor rights
political prisoners
political rights
torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment
trafficking in persons
workers’ rights
titleAbbreviation Country Reports
url https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/
usedBy United States Congress
foreign governments
human rights organizations
journalists
researchers

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
DRL
produces
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices ("U.S. State Department Human Rights Reports")
alsoKnownAs

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