USCIRF Country Reports & Publications
USCIRF Annual Reports, Country Analyses, and Recommendations for World’s Most Egregious Violators of Religious Freedom (Victims Database Also Announced)
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) reports document country conditions in, and analyzes and recommends U. S. policy initiatives toward, the world’s worst violators of religious freedom. USCIRF, as an independent, bipartisan commission, advises the President, Congress and the Secretary of State on international religious freedom issues.
In its Annual Report, USCIRF unflinchingly describes threats to religious freedom around the world and recommends to the State Department countries for designation as “countries of particular concern” (CPCs) for engaging in or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations.” USCIRF also recommends to the State Department that non-state actors cited for similarly severe violations be designated as “entities of particular concern” (EPCs). This year, USCIRF has recommended countries for CPC designation and entities for EPC designation. Also, USCIRF placed countries on its Tier 2 list, meaning the violations meet one or two, but not all three, of the elements of the systematic, ongoing, egregious test for CPC status.