Annual Report, International Religious Freedom: Report Submitted to the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate by the Department of State, in Accordance with Section 102 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000 - 472 pages |
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abducted or illegally allow such citizens anti-Semitic arrested authorities Baha'i Faith Buddhist Cao Dai Catholic Church clergy Constitution provides conversion of minor country's Dalai Lama denominations detainees or prisoners discusses religious freedom Embassy discusses religious Embassy officials ethnic evangelical Falun Gong forced religious conversion foreign missionaries freedom of religion gious government officials Hoa Hao human rights illegally removed interfaith Islamic Jehovah's Witnesses ment's refusal Ministry minor U.S. citizens mosques Muslim Orthodox Church Pentecostal percent Policy The U.S. population promotion of human proselytizing Protestant provides for freedom refusal to allow reli religious detainees religious freedom issues religious groups religious leaders religious organizations reportedly reports of religious respect for religious respects this right restrictions right in practice riod covered Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church schools Section Shi'a status of respect Taoism tion traditional indigenous religions U.S. Embassy discusses U.S. Government Policy Unification Church United
Popular passages
Page 437 - Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
Page 438 - Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Page 437 - All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
Page 437 - Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
Page 450 - Protocol in accordance with their respective constitutional processes. 3. When amendments come into force, they shall be binding on those States Parties which have accepted them, other States Parties still being bound by the provisions of the present Protocol and any earlier amendment which they have accepted.
Page 438 - Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Page 437 - No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed.
Page 440 - All peoples have the right of self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
Page 446 - However, the terms of nine of the members elected at the first election shall expire at the end of two years; immediately after the first election, the names of these nine members shall be chosen by lot by the Chairman of the meeting referred to in Article 30, paragraph 4.
Page 441 - Nothing in this Convention may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein or at their limitation to a greater extent than is provided for in the Convention.