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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor U.S. Department of State, February 25, 2000

The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (HTML) Access the 1999 Report in Alternate Formats Gopher FTP Official Text 03/08/00: Harold Hongju Koh, Testimony, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, U.S. House of Representatives (Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999 ) 02/25/00: Secretary Albright, Remarks on the Release of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999 02/25/00: Harold Hongju Koh, Release of the 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 02/22/00: Notice to the Press: Release of the 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Human Rights Reports Index | Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor