{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-commission-on-international-religious-freedom/refs/heads/main/json-schema/uscirf-policy-recommendation-schema.json",
  "title": "PolicyRecommendation",
  "description": "A USCIRF policy recommendation addressed to the U.S. President, Secretary of State, or Congress regarding international religious freedom.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "recommendation_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the recommendation."
    },
    "report_year": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Year of the annual report containing this recommendation.",
      "example": 2026
    },
    "addressee": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Primary recipient of the recommendation.",
      "enum": [
        "President of the United States",
        "Secretary of State",
        "Congress",
        "U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom"
      ]
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Country to which this recommendation pertains, if country-specific.",
      "example": "China"
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Category of the policy recommendation.",
      "enum": [
        "CPC Designation",
        "Special Watch List",
        "EPC Designation",
        "Sanctions",
        "Diplomatic Action",
        "Legislation",
        "Foreign Aid Conditions",
        "Refugee and Asylum Policy",
        "Multilateral Engagement"
      ]
    },
    "recommendation_text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Full text of the policy recommendation."
    },
    "rationale": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Explanation of the basis and rationale for the recommendation."
    },
    "related_violations": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Religious freedom violations that motivate this recommendation.",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": ["recommendation_id", "report_year", "addressee", "category", "recommendation_text"]
}