Reports on Slovakia

Reports on Slovakia

2008

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008

In the seven years since the creation of the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the United States and our friends and allies have made important strides in confronting the reality that human beings continue to be bought and sold in the twenty-first century. It has been gratifying to witness the determined governments, human rights and women’s groups, faith-based organizations, and many brave individuals who are dedicated to advancing human dignity worldwide. Trafficking and exploitation plague all nations, and no country, even ours, is immune.
Trafficking in Persons Report 2008
Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 - Slovak Republic

2007

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007

Trafficking in persons is a modern-day form of slavery, a new type of global slave trade. Perpetrators prey on the most weak among us, primarily women and children, for profit and gain. They lure victims into involuntary servitude and sexual slavery. Today we are again called by conscience to end the debasement of our fellow men and women. As in the 19th century, committed abolitionists around the world have come together in a global movement to confront this repulsive crime. President George W. Bush has committed the United States Government to lead in combating this serious 21st century challenge, and all nations that are resolved to end human trafficking have a strong partner in the United States.
Trafficking in Persons Report 2007
Trafficking in Persons Report 2007 - Slovak Republic
Trafficking in Persons Report 2007 - Slovenská republika

COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES 2007

On March 11, 2008 the U.S. Department of State released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007, including the report on the Slovak Republic. These reports are submitted annually to the U.S. Congress and cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As President Bush has said, “Freedom can be resisted, and freedom can be delayed, but freedom cannot be denied.” In the long run, citizens who sacrifice for their dignity and their rights will prevail, just as the Havels and the Mandelas did before them. Like those towering figures, many of today’s defenders of human rights are denounced and persecuted, vilified as traitors, and targeted for repression by their own governments – just for insisting upon the freedoms enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These values are the basic endowments of all human beings, and the surest way to protect and preserve them is through effective, lawful, democratic governance. To be sure, no nation’s path to democracy is smooth or straight. Along the way, there are bound to be stumbles and setbacks. Even under the best of circumstances, it is not easy to transform democratic ideals into effective democratic institutions. Leaders who are insufficiently committed to reform may revert to authoritarian habits or take disastrous detours from the rule of law.
2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the Slovak Republic
2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices - Slovenská republika

INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT 2007

The United States Government advocates, promotes, monitors, and reports on international religious freedom. The 198 country reports in the 2007 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom survey the religious demographics, status and treatment of all religious groups by governments and in civil sectors of society.
International Religious Freedom Report 2007
International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - Slovak Republic
International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - Slovenská republika

2006

COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES 2006

On March 6, the U.S. Department of State released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2006, including the report on the Slovak Republic. These reports are submitted annually to the U.S. Congress and cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The U.S. Embassy’s support for human rights, however, is not confined to contributing information to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Recently, Ambassador Rodolphe Vallee spoke at the Third Annual Roma Political Leadership Academy in support of human rights. Ambassador Vallee addressed the need for the audience of Roma activists to actively engage in the political process so that their voice will be heard on the issue.
2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the Slovak Republic
2006 Country Report on Human Rights Practices - Slovenská republika

INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT 2006

Faith as a personal choice and an essential freedom is a cornerstone of the American character, rooted in the vision of our founding fathers. Freedom of religion has been one of our foremost liberties from the birth of our nation to this day, and the resolve of Americans to champion that freedom – not only at home, but also around the world – has remained steadfast. As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has stated, "There is no more fundamental issue for the United States than freedom of religion and religious conscience. This country was founded on that basis, and it is at the heart of democracy."
International Religious Freedom Report 2006

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2006

The Department of State is required by law to submit a Report each year to the U.S. Congress on foreign governments’ efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons. This Report is the sixth annual TIP Report. It is intended to raise global awareness, to highlight the growing efforts of the international community to combat human trafficking, and to encourage foreign governments to take effective actions to counter all forms of trafficking in persons.
Trafficking in Persons Report 2006
Trafficking in Persons Report 2006 - Slovak Republic

SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. RECORD 2005 - 2006

The "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005 - 2006" report is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with Section 665 of P.L. 107-228, the FY 03 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, which requires the Department to report on actions taken by the U.S. Government to encourage respect for human rights.
Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005 - 2006

2005

2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES

These reports describe the performance of 196 countries in putting into practice their international commitments on human rights. These basic rights, reflected in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, have been embraced by people of every culture and color, every background and belief, and constitute what President Bush calls the "non-negotiable demands of human dignity."
2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Slovak Republic

2005 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT

The United States Government advocates, promotes, monitors, and reports on international religious freedom. The 197 country reports in the 2005 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom survey the religious demographics, status and treatment of all religious groups by governments and in civil sectors of society.
2005 International Religious Freedom Report
2005 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom Fact Sheet
Remarks on the Department of State's Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
2005 International Religious Freedom Report - Slovak Republic

2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT

The Department of State is required by law to submit a report each year to the U.S. Congress on foreign governments’ efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons. This Report is the fifth annual TIP Report. This Report is intended to raise global awareness and spur foreign governments to take effective actions to counter all forms of trafficking in persons - a form of modern day slavery. The Report has increasingly focused the efforts of a growing community of nations to share information and to partner in new and important ways to fight human trafficking.
Trafficking in Persons Report 2005
Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 - Slovak Republic
Trafficking in Persons Report 2005 - Introduction

2004

ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2004

The worldwide Human Rights Report is mandated by the U.S. Congress and attempts to be an objective, factual response to congressional questions. It is designed to be a balanced, accurate and comprehensive review of human rights conditions in each country, based on a wide variety of sources. The Human Rights Report is widely accepted as a credible document on human rights practices and is frequently cited by official and private human rights organizations worldwide.
Annual Human Rights Report 2004
Annual Human Rights Report 2004 - Slovak Republic

2003

THE COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES 2003

The expansion of democracy and respect for human rights throughout the world is at the core of U.S. foreign policy. The yearly release of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices is an occasion to assess the state of human freedom around the world and the challenges faced by those seeking to improve it.
The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Global
The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Slovak Republic

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2003

"The Annual Trafficking in Persons Report is about modern day slavery and slave trading. It is appalling that in the twenty-first century hundreds of thousands of women, children, and men made vulnerable by civil conflict, dire economic circumstances, natural disasters or just their own desire for a better life are trafficked and exploited for the purposes of sex or forced labor. The deprivation of a human being's basic right to freedom is an affront to the ideals of liberty and human dignity cherished by people around the world." - Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.
Trafficking in Persons Report - Global
Trafficking in Persons Report - Slovak Republic

INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT 2003

The International Religious Freedom Report for 2003 is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with Section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. The law provides that the Secretary of State shall transmit to Congress each year "an Annual Report on International Religious Freedom supplementing the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom." This Annual Report includes individual country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide.
International Religious Freedom Report - Global
International Religious Freedom Report - Slovak Republic