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Spotlight
1/14/16 |
Compulsory Religious Education in Turkey: A Survey and Assessment of Textbooks
10/23/15 |
Reporting on Religious Persecution: A Global Challenge
4/27/15 |
USCIRF 2015 Annual Report
2/3/15 |
...on Nigeria's upcoming elections
Policy Briefs and Focuses
11/21/19 |
Country Update: An Assessment of Vietnam's Law on Belief and Religion
11/18/19 |
Policy Update: Blasphemy Allegations In A Polarized Indonesia
11/15/19 |
Issue Brief: India
10/26/19 |
Anti-Semitism Summer Seminar Summary
Factsheets
10/26/19 |
Factsheet on Protecting Houses of Worship and Holy Sites
10/8/19 |
October 2019 Factsheet: Enforced Disappearances in Malaysia
7/10/19 |
July 2019 Legislation Factsheet: Prosecution of Mass Atrocity Crimes
5/17/19 |
May 2019 Legislation Factsheet: International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)
Special Reports
12/10/19 |
USCIRF Releases New Report on Shari’ah Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria
12/9/19 |
Apostasy, Blasphemy, and Hate Speech Laws in Africa
12/6/19 |
Shari’ah Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria
2/15/19 |
Central Nigeria: Overcoming Dangerous Speech and Endemic Religious Divides
Perspectives
3/27/14 |
Pakistan Leads the World in Blasphemy Prisoners
3/14/14 |
Why human rights sanctions could work with Iran
1/27/14 |
A State of Denial: Religious Freedom in Egypt
10/29/13 |
Time for Renewal of Religious Independence in Uzbekistan
Human Rights Documents
11/10/14 |
Charter for Freedom of Religion of Belief
9/14/10 |
International Human Rights Standards: Selected Provisions on Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion or Belief