Under what authority does the Department of State produce its annual report on International Religious Freedom and designate “countries of particular concern” (CPC)?
Congress passed the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 that established the Department of State’s Office of International Religious Freedom headed by an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. The Act requires the preparation and transmittal to Congress of an Annual Report on International Religious Freedom detailing the status of religious freedom in each foreign country, violations of religious freedom by foreign governments, and United States’ actions and policies in support of religious freedom.
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