PUBLIC LAW 105-292—OCT. 27, 1998
112 STAT. 2791
(9) HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS. —The term "Human Rights
Reports" means all reports submitted by the Department of
State to Congress under sections 116 and 502B of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
(10) OFFICE. —The term "Office" means the Office on International Religious Freedom established in section 101(a).
(11) PARTICULARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.— The term "particularly severe violations of religious
freedom" means systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of
religious freedom, including violations such as—
(A) torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment
or punishment;
(B) prolonged detention without charges;
(C) causing the disappearance of persons by the
abduction or clandestine detention of those persons; or
(D) other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty,
or the security of persons.
(12) SPECIAL ADVISER.—The term "Special Adviser" means
the Special Adviser to the President on International Religious
Freedom described in section lOl(i) of the National Security
Act of 1947, as added by section 301 of this Act.
(13) VIOLATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.— The term
'Sdolations of religious freedom" means violations of the internationaly recognized right to freedom of religion and religious
belief and practice, as set forth in the international instruments
referred to in section 2(a)(2) and as described in section 2(a)(3),
including violations such as—
(A) arbitrary prohibitions on, restrictions of, or punishment for—
(i) assembling for peaceful religious activities such
as worship, preaching, and prayer, including arbitrary
registration requirements;
(ii) speaking freely about one's religious beliefs;
(iii) changing one's religious beliefs and affiliation;
(iv) possession and distribution of religious
literature, including Bibles; or
(v) raising one's children in the religious teachings
and practices of one's choice; or
(B) any of the following acts if committed on account
of an individual's religious belief or practice: detention,
interrogation, imposition of an onerous financial penalty,
forced labor, forced mass resettlement, imprisonment,
forced religious conversion, beating, torture, mutilation,
rape, enslavement, murder, and execution.
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ACTIVITIES
SEC. 101. OFFICE ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM; AMBAS- 22 USC 6411.
SADOR AT LARGE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE. —T here is established within
the Department of State an Office on International Religious
Freedom that shall be headed by the Ambassador at Large for
International Religious Freedom appointed under subsection (b).
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