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## Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015

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- Appendices    - Appendix A: Notes on Preparation of the Country Reports and Explanatory Material
  - Appendix B:  Reporting on Worker Rights
  - Appendix C: FY 2015 Foreign Assistance Actuals - PDF Version 
  - Appendix D: UN General Assembly's Third Committee Country Resolution Votes 2015 - PDF Version 
  - Appendix E: United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  - Appendix F:  Errata 
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Executive Summary
Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from:
a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life
b. Disappearance
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Prison and Detention Center Conditions
d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial
f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence
g. Use of Excessive Force and Other Abuses in Internal Conflicts

Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including:
a. Freedom of Speech and Press
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association
c. Freedom of Religion
d. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons

Section 3. Freedom to Participate in the Political Process
Elections and Political Participation

Section 4. Official Corruption and Government Transparency
Section 5. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights

Section 6. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons
Women
Children
Anti-Semitism
Trafficking in Persons
Persons with Disabilities
National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Indigenous People
Acts of Violence, Discrimination, and Other Abuses Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
HIV and AIDS Social Stigma
Other Societal Violence or Discrimination
Promotion of Acts of Discrimination

Section 7. Worker Rights
a. Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining
b. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor
c. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment
d. Discrimination with Respect to Employment or Occupation
e. Acceptable Conditions of Work

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- Togo
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  East Asia and the Pacific (0)  - Australia
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- Montenegro
- Netherlands
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- Poland
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- Romania
- Russia
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- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
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- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
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- Uruguay
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