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{{Organization | |||
|OrganizationName=Commission on International Religious Freedom | |||
|OrganizationType=Independent Agencies | |||
|Mission=To advance international freedom of religion or belief by independently assessing and confronting threats to this fundamental right. USCIRF reviews the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom internationally and makes policy recommendations to the President, Secretary of State, and Congress. | |||
|ParentOrganization=United States Government (Independent) | |||
|CreationLegislation=International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 | |||
|Employees=20 | |||
|Budget=$4.5 million (approximate, based on recent fiscal year allocations) | |||
|OrganizationExecutive=Chair | |||
|Services=Monitoring religious freedom; policy recommendations; public advocacy; | |||
|HeadquartersLocation=38.89996, -77.00953 | |||
|HeadquartersAddress=732 North Capitol Street NW, Suite A714, Washington, DC 20401 | |||
|Website=https://www.uscirf.gov | |||
}} | |||
{{Short description|American government agency}} | {{Short description|American government agency}} | ||
{{Infobox government agency | {{Infobox government agency | ||
| name = United States Commission on International Religious Freedom | | name = United States Commission on International Religious Freedom | ||
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In addition to recommending countries for CPC designation, USCIRF also recommends countries to be added to the State Department's Special Watch List (SWL). The SWL is for countries whose governments engage or tolerate in severe religious freedom violations, but do not rise to the CPC standard of “systematic, ongoing, ''and'' egregious.” Violations in SWL countries must meet two of those three criteria.<ref name="FAQ"/> | In addition to recommending countries for CPC designation, USCIRF also recommends countries to be added to the State Department's Special Watch List (SWL). The SWL is for countries whose governments engage or tolerate in severe religious freedom violations, but do not rise to the CPC standard of “systematic, ongoing, ''and'' egregious.” Violations in SWL countries must meet two of those three criteria.<ref name="FAQ"/> | ||
In its 2023 report, USCRIF recommended the following countries be designated as countries of particular concern: [[Afghanistan]], | In its 2023 report, USCRIF recommended the following countries be designated as countries of particular concern: [[Afghanistan]], China, [[Cuba]], [[Eritrea]], [[India]], [[Iran]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Nigeria]], [[North Korea]], [[Pakistan]], [[Russia]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Syria]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], and [[Vietnam]]. Additionally, USCIRF recommended that [[Algeria]], [[Azerbaijan]], the [[Central African Republic]], [[Egypt]], [[Indonesia]], [[Iraq]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Malaysia]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Turkey]], and [[Uzbekistan]] be included on the State Department's Special Watch List.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Recommendations |url=https://www.uscirf.gov/countries/2023-recommendations |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=United States Commission on International Religious Freedom}}</ref> | ||
===India=== | ===India=== | ||