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2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
APRIL 12, 2022The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. The U.S. Department of State submits reports on all countries receiving assistance and all United Nations member states to the U.S. Congress in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974.
Preface
For nearly five decades, the United States has issued the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which strive to provide a factual and objective record on the status of human rights worldwide – in 2021, covering 198 countries and territories. The information contained in these reports could not be more vital or urgent given ongoing human rights abuses and violations in many countries, continued democratic backsliding on several continents, and creeping authoritarianism that threatens both human rights and democracy – most notably, at present, with Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine.... ... ...
But they also contain signs of progress and glimmers of hope, as the indomitable will to live freely can never be extinguished. In Iraq, people cast their votes to shape the future of their country in more credible and transparent parliamentary elections than in 2018. In Botswana, a court advanced the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons by upholding the decriminalization of same-sex relations. In Turkmenistan, all imprisoned Jehovah’s Witnesses conscientious objectors to military service were pardoned, a win for freedom of religion or belief. The stability, security, and health of any country depends on the ability of its people to freely exercise their human rights – to feel safe and included in their communities while expressing their views or gender, loving who they love, organizing with their coworkers, peacefully assembling, living by their conscience, and using their voices and reporting from independent media to hold governments accountable. There is much progress to be made, here in the United States and globally. But I know that by working together in the Year of Action and using resources like the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, we can come closer to building a world where respect for human rights is truly universal.
Country Reports
AFRICA (SUB-SAHARAN)
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC
EUROPE AND EURASIA
NEAR EAST (MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA)
| Algeria | Iraq | Lebanon | Qatar | United Arab Emirates |
| Bahrain | Israel, West Bank and Gaza | Libya | Saudi Arabia | Yemen |
| Egypt | Jordan | Morocco | Syria | |
| Iran | Kuwait | Oman | Tunisia |
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA
| Afghanistan | India | Maldives | Sri Lanka | Uzbekistan |
| Bangladesh | Kazakhstan | Nepal | Tajikistan | |
| Bhutan | Kyrgyzstan | Pakistan | Turkmenistan |
WESTERN HEMISPHERE
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/
