'Report' Card. /
Martin Edwin Andersen.
- Insight, 2002.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 46. Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: 'Report' Card, March 11, 2002; pp. 12+.
"The degree of interest in this year's report reflects the impact it has achieved, to the point most consider it to be the 'document of record' for measuring international human-rights performance against which other analyses are matched." (INSIGHT) This article examines how the U.S. State Department's annual human rights report has become an important standard by which to judge a nation, noting the special interest in the report released this year covering events in 2001.