The International Religious Freedom Report from the U.S. Department of State. The Office of International Religious Freedom has the mission of promoting religious freedom as a core objective of U.S. foreign policy.
The report contains an introduction, executive summary, and a chapter describing the status of religious freedom in each of 195 countries throughout the world.
The designation by the Secretary of State (under authority delegated by the President) of nations guilty of particularly severe violations of religious freedom
USCIRF's principal responsibilities are to review the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom internationally and to make policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and Congress.
