Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

The bureau was formerly known as the Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, but was reorganized and renamed in 1994, to reflect both a broader sweep and a more focused approach to the interlocking issues of human rights, worker rights, and democracy.{{cite web |date=February 2000 |title=1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/64.htm |access-date=July 6, 2016 |publisher=U.S. Department of State}}

From 2011 to 2015, DRL provided financial support to the Tor network (The Onion Router).{{Cite web |last=Jeffries |first=Adrianne |date=2014-06-16 |title=The Pentagon is trying to make the internet more anonymous |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/6/16/5814776/the-pentagon-is-building-ways-to-make-the-internet-more-anonymous |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=The Verge |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Using peer-to-peer technology to crowdsource a way around online censorship |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/08/21/using-peer-to-peer-technology-to-crowdsource-a-way-around-online-censorship/ |access-date=August 10, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last=Eddy |first=Max |date=2015-02-04 |title=Inside the Dark Web |url=https://uk.pcmag.com/migrated-92611-security/39461/inside-the-dark-web |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=PCMag UK |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |title=Tax return filing instructions |url=https://www.torproject.org/static/findoc/2015-TorProject-combined-Form990_PC_Audit_Results.pdf |access-date=August 18, 2022 |website=torproject.org}}

DRL's responsibilities include promoting democracy in U.S. and around the world, formulating U.S. human rights policies, and coordinating policy in human rights-related labor issues. The Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism is a separate agency included in the Bureau.

The Bureau is responsible for producing annual reports on the countries of the world with regard to religious freedom through its Office of International Religious Freedom{{cite web |title=Religious Freedom |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/irf/index.htm |access-date=March 15, 2015 |work=Office of International Religious Freedom |publisher=Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor}} and human rights.{{cite web |title=Human Rights Reports |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt |access-date=21 December 2013 |work=U.S. Department of State}}{{Cite web |last=Wagner |first=Elizabeth |title=2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}} It also administers the U.S. Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF), which is DRL's flagship program.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-06-29 |title=DRL Programs, Including Human Rights Democracy Fund (HRDF) |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/p/index.htm |access-date=2022-07-12 |publisher=2001-2009.state.gov |language=en}}

Examples of DRL's human rights advocacy in foreign locations include China,{{Cite web |last=Kine |first=Phelim |date=13 April 2022 |title=China activists call for reboot of State Dept. annual human rights report |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/13/china-activists-state-dept-human-rights-00024876 |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=POLITICO |language=en}} the Middle East,{{Cite web |title=Stop '$1-million grants to anti-Israel NGOs,' Republicans tell Blinken |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-707575 |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}} and Russia.{{Cite news |last=Thebault |first=Reis |date= |title=As Putin insists war will continue, Biden describes invasion as 'genocide' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/12/russia-ukraine-war-news-live-updates/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

The head of the Bureau is the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and the official currently acting in this capacity is Erin Barclay.

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor is divided into twelve offices.{{cite web|title=1 FAM 510 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL)|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/84200.pdf|work=Foreign Affairs Manual|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=June 13, 2012|access-date=January 30, 2016}}{{cite web|title=State Department Student Internship Brochure|url=https://careers.state.gov/uploads/dd/ed/dded53753df70409565b519d425f992c/Student-Internship-Brochure-Sept-2014.pdf|publisher=U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Human Resources|date=September 2014|access-date=December 10, 2015}}

• Office of Country Reports and Asylum Affairs – Prepares the State Department's annual reports, including the Country Reports on Human Rights
• Office of International Religious Freedom – Supports the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
• Office of Policy Planning and Public Diplomacy
• Office for Africa – Monitors human rights in Africa
• Office for East Asia and the Pacific – Monitors human rights in East Asia
• Office for Near East Asia – Monitors human rights in the Middle East
• Office for Western Hemisphere – Monitors human rights in Latin America
• Office for South Central Asia – Monitors human rights in Central Asia
• Office of Global Programming
• Office of Multilateral and Global Affairs – Formulates and implements U.S. government policy on human rights in multilateral organizations, including the UN Human Rights Council, the UN General Assembly, the UN Security Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Union, the Organization of American States, the African Union, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• Office of International Labor Rights – Advises on policies and initiatives in tandem with the International Labour Organization
• Executive Office

• [https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/ Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor] official website
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160706014527/http://www.humanrights.gov/ HumanRights.gov]
• [https://www.facebook.com/stateDRL Official page on Facebook]
• [http://www.allgov.com/departments/department-of-state/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor?agencyid=7196 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor] on AllGov.com

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