Office of International Religious Freedom

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United States federal agency component government office

The Office of International Religious Freedom is a U.S. State Department office responsible for promoting global religious freedom and documenting violations of religious rights around the world.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Office of International Religious Freedom canonical	4
Office of International Religious Freedom in the U.S. Department of State	1
Office of International Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State	1
U.S. Department of State Office of International Religious Freedom	1
U.S. international religious freedom monitoring system	1
https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/office-of-international-religious-freedom/	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T969564 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of International Religious Freedom
Context triple: [International Religious Freedom Report, producedBy, Office of International Religious Freedom]

A. U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is an independent, bipartisan U.S. government body that monitors global religious freedom conditions and advises policymakers on how to promote and protect this fundamental right worldwide.
B. Office of Religious Liberty
The Office of Religious Liberty is a department within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that advocates for and defends religious freedom in public policy and legal contexts.
C. Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
The Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs is a body of the U.S. Catholic bishops responsible for fostering dialogue and collaboration with other Christian communities and non-Christian religions.
D. Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue is a Vatican department responsible for promoting and guiding the Catholic Church’s relations and dialogue with followers of other religions worldwide.
E. Commission of the Churches on International Affairs
The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs is a programmatic body of the World Council of Churches that advises on international relations, peace, human rights, and global justice issues from an ecumenical Christian perspective.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of International Religious Freedom
Target entity description: The Office of International Religious Freedom is a U.S. State Department office responsible for promoting global religious freedom and documenting violations of religious rights around the world.

A. U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is an independent, bipartisan U.S. government body that monitors global religious freedom conditions and advises policymakers on how to promote and protect this fundamental right worldwide.
B. Office of Religious Liberty
The Office of Religious Liberty is a department within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that advocates for and defends religious freedom in public policy and legal contexts.
C. Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
The Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs is a body of the U.S. Catholic bishops responsible for fostering dialogue and collaboration with other Christian communities and non-Christian religions.
D. Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue is a Vatican department responsible for promoting and guiding the Catholic Church’s relations and dialogue with followers of other religions worldwide.
E. Commission of the Churches on International Affairs
The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs is a programmatic body of the World Council of Churches that advises on international relations, peace, human rights, and global justice issues from an ecumenical Christian perspective.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency component ⓘ government office ⓘ
collaboratesWith	U.S. embassies and consulates ⓘ international organizations on religious freedom issues ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employer	United States Department of State ⓘ
establishedBy	International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ⓘ
focusesOn	documenting persecution based on religion ⓘ freedom of religion or belief ⓘ protection of religious minorities ⓘ
goal	advance universal right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion ⓘ integrate religious freedom concerns into U.S. diplomacy ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
headOfGovernmentBody	Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mandate	identify and condemn religious persecution and discrimination ⓘ promote religious freedom as a core objective of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ support civil society and religious communities facing persecution ⓘ work with foreign governments to improve religious freedom conditions ⓘ
monitors	governments that restrict religious practice ⓘ non-state actors that persecute individuals for their religion ⓘ
parentOrganization	Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of State ⓘ
produces	country-specific assessments of religious freedom ⓘ
publishes	Annual Report on International Religious Freedom ⓘ linked to: International Religious Freedom Report
reportsTo	United States Secretary of State ⓘ
responsibleFor	advising U.S. foreign policy on religious freedom issues ⓘ implementing the International Religious Freedom Act ⓘ monitoring violations of religious freedom worldwide ⓘ promoting international religious freedom ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
subjectArea	human rights ⓘ international law ⓘ religious liberty ⓘ
typeOfReport	country human rights report (religious freedom focus) ⓘ
usesInstrument	diplomatic engagement ⓘ policy recommendations ⓘ public reporting ⓘ
usesLegalFramework	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
website	https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/office-of-international-religious-freedom/ ⓘ linked to: Office of International Religious Freedom

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Religious Freedom Report → producedBy → Office of International Religious Freedom ⓘ

International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 → establishes → Office of International Religious Freedom ⓘ

International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 → linkedTo → U.S. Department of State Office of International Religious Freedom ⓘ