{ "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#", "$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" ] }