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2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
The U.S. DOS Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor has released the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010. The following is a country by country listing of the reports.
Front Matter
-04/08/11 Introduction [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Overview and Acknowledgements [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Preface [ PDF version ]
Africa
-04/08/11 Angola [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Benin [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Botswana [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Burkina Faso [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Burundi [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Cameroon [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Cape Verde [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Central African Republic [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Chad [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Comoros [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Congo, Republic of the [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Cote d'Ivoire [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Djibouti [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Equatorial Guinea [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Eritrea [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Ethiopia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Gabon [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Gambia, The [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Ghana [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Guinea [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Guinea-Bissau [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Kenya [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Lesotho [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Liberia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Madagascar [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Malawi [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Mali [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Mauritania [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Mauritius [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Mozambique [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Namibia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Niger [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Nigeria [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Rwanda [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Sao Tome and Principe [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Senegal [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Seychelles [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Sierra Leone [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Somalia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 South Africa [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Sudan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Swaziland [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Tanzania [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Togo [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Uganda [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Zambia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Zimbabwe [ PDF version ]
East Asia and the Pacific
-04/08/11 Australia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Brunei Darussalam [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Burma [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Cambodia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau) [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Fiji [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Indonesia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Japan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Kiribati [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of* [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Korea, Republic of [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Laos [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Malaysia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Marshall Islands [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Micronesia, Federated States of [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Mongolia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Nauru [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 New Zealand [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Palau [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Papua New Guinea [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Philippines [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Samoa [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Singapore [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Solomon Islands [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Taiwan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Thailand [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Timor-Leste [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Tonga [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Tuvalu [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Vanuatu [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Vietnam [ PDF version ]
Europe and Eurasia
-04/08/11 Albania [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Andorra [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Armenia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Austria [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Azerbaijan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Belarus [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Belgium [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Bosnia and Herzegovina [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Bulgaria [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Croatia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Cyprus [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Czech Republic [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Denmark [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Estonia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Finland [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 France [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Georgia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Germany [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Greece [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Hungary [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Iceland [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Ireland [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Italy [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Kosovo [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Latvia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Liechtenstein [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Lithuania [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Luxembourg [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Macedonia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Malta [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Moldova [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Monaco [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Montenegro [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Netherlands [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Norway [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Poland [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Portugal [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Romania [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Russia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 San Marino [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Serbia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Slovakia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Slovenia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Spain [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Sweden [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Switzerland [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Turkey [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Ukraine [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 United Kingdom [ PDF version ]
Near East and North Africa
-04/08/11 Algeria [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Bahrain [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Egypt [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Iran [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Iraq [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Israel and the occupied territories [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Jordan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Kuwait [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Lebanon [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Libya [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Morocco [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Oman [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Qatar [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Saudi Arabia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Syria [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Tunisia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 United Arab Emirates [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Western Sahara [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Yemen [ PDF version ]
South and Central Asia
-04/08/11 Afghanistan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Bangladesh [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Bhutan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 India [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Kazakhstan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Kyrgyz Republic [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Maldives [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Nepal [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Pakistan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Sri Lanka [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Tajikistan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Turkmenistan [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Uzbekistan [ PDF version ]
Western Hemisphere
-04/08/11 Antigua and Barbuda [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Argentina [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Bahamas, The [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Barbados [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Belize [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Bolivia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Brazil [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Canada [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Chile [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Colombia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Costa Rica [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Cuba [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Dominica [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Dominican Republic [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Ecuador [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 El Salvador [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Grenada [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Guatemala [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Guyana [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Haiti [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Honduras [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Jamaica [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Mexico [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Nicaragua [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Panama [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Paraguay [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Peru [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Saint Kitts and Nevis [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Saint Lucia [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Suriname [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Trinidad and Tobago [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Uruguay [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Venezuela [ PDF version ]
Appendices
-04/08/11 Appendix A: Notes on Preparation of Report [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Appendix B: Reporting on Worker Rights [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Appendix C: Selected International Human Rights Conventions [1240 Kb]
-04/08/11 Appendix D: Description of International Human Rights Conventions in Appendix C [ PDF version ]
-04/08/11 Appendix G: United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights [ PDF version ]
Related Material
-04/08/11 Remarks to the Press on the Release of the 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/08/11 Remarks to the Press on the Release of the 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC
-04/08/11 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Q&A; Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero; Washington, DC