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Uscirf Country Assessment Structure

A USCIRF assessment of a country's international religious freedom conditions, including designation status and policy recommendations.

Type: object Properties: 10 Required: 3

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CountryAssessment is a JSON Structure definition published by US Commission on International Religious Freedom, describing 10 properties, of which 3 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

country_name iso_code report_year designation_status state_department_designation religious_minorities_at_risk key_violations report_url recommendations severity_level

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-commission-on-international-religious-freedom/refs/heads/main/json-structure/uscirf-country-assessment-structure.json",
  "name": "CountryAssessment",
  "description": "A USCIRF assessment of a country's international religious freedom conditions, including designation status and policy recommendations.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "country_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the country being assessed.",
      "example": "China"
    },
    "iso_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.",
      "example": "CN"
    },
    "report_year": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "Year of the USCIRF annual report covering this assessment.",
      "example": 2026
    },
    "designation_status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "USCIRF recommended designation for this country.",
      "enum": [
        "Country of Particular Concern",
        "Special Watch List",
        "Entity of Particular Concern",
        "No Designation"
      ]
    },
    "state_department_designation": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Actual U.S. State Department designation, if different from USCIRF recommendation.",
      "enum": [
        "Country of Particular Concern",
        "Special Watch List",
        "Not Designated"
      ]
    },
    "religious_minorities_at_risk": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Religious minority groups identified as facing persecution or discrimination.",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "example": [
        "Uyghur Muslims",
        "Falun Gong practitioners",
        "Tibetan Buddhists",
        "Christians"
      ]
    },
    "key_violations": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Key categories of religious freedom violations documented.",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "Imprisonment of religious leaders",
          "Destruction of religious sites",
          "Blasphemy laws",
          "Apostasy laws",
          "Forced conversion",
          "Violence against minorities",
          "Registration restrictions",
          "Discriminatory legislation",
          "Torture of religious prisoners",
          "Extrajudicial killings"
        ]
      }
    },
    "report_url": {
      "type": "uri",
      "description": "URL to the full USCIRF country report."
    },
    "recommendations": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Policy recommendations USCIRF makes to the U.S. government regarding this country.",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "severity_level": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Overall severity level of religious freedom violations.",
      "enum": [
        "Particularly Severe",
        "Severe",
        "Serious",
        "Moderate",
        "Improving"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "country_name",
    "report_year",
    "designation_status"
  ]
}