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'''The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor''' (DRL) "is headed by Assistant Secretary [[Barry FDavid J. LowenkronKramer]], leads the U.S. efforts to promote democracy, protect human rights and international religious freedom, and advance labor rights globally." <ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor], US Department of State, accessed September 22, 2008.</ref> and was formerly headed by Assistant Secretary [[Barry F. Lowenkron]].
"DRL is divided into three regional offices: Near East Asia and South Central Asia (NESCA) headed by [[Francisco Palmieri]]; Asia and Western Hemisphere (AWH) headed by [[Nadia Tongour]]; and Africa and Europe (AE) headed by [[Bruce Connuck]]. Each regional office provides leadership, advocacy and guidance on human rights and democracy issues, and formulates human rights and democracy policy related to their specific country and regional expertise. These offices are responsible for the program management and oversight of the recipients of assistance awarded through the [[Human Rights and Democracy Fund]]. These regional offices draft and prepare the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy report, which summarizes U.S. strategies and activities. In addition they coordinate and issue the Department's advisory opinions on claims to asylum in the United States.
[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/about/ Source]
==Resources and articles==
===Related Sourcewatch articles===
*See [[Institutionalization of Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy]] for history
*[[George Lister]]
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