EU ANNUAL REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD 2018 COUNTRY UPDATES Contents Enlargement countries…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………5 Albania...................................................................................................................................................5 Bosnia and Herzegovina ........................................................................................................................6 The Republic of North Macedonia ........................................................................................................8 Kosovo*1 .................................................................................................................................................9 Montenegro ........................................................................................................................................10 Serbia ..................................................................................................................................................12 Turkey .................................................................................................................................................13 EEA/EFTA Countries and non-EU Western European Countries .......................................................15 Switzerland ..........................................................................................................................................15 Norway ................................................................................................................................................16 Iceland .................................................................................................................................................16 Liechtenstein .......................................................................................................................................18 European Neighbourhood Policy .......................................................................................................18 Armenia ...............................................................................................................................................18 Azerbaijan ............................................................................................................................................20 Belarus .................................................................................................................................................22 Georgia ................................................................................................................................................24 Republic of Moldova ...........................................................................................................................26 Ukraine ................................................................................................................................................28 Egypt ....................................................................................................................................................30 State of Israel .......................................................................................................................................32 Jordan ...................................................................................................................................................34 Lebanon ...............................................................................................................................................36 Libya .....................................................................................................................................................38 Syria ......................................................................................................................................................40 Palestinian Authority (occupied Palestinian territory – oPt) ................................................................42 Kingdom of Morocco ............................................................................................................................44 Western Sahara ....................................................................................................................................46 People's Democratic Republic of Algeria ..............................................................................................47 Republic of Tunisia ................................................................................................................................49 Russia and Central Asia ........................................................................................................................51 Russia ....................................................................................................................................................51 Kazakhstan ............................................................................................................................................53 The Kyrgyz Republic ..............................................................................................................................55 *1 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. 1 Tajikistan ...............................................................................................................................................57 Turkmenistan ........................................................................................................................................59 Uzbekistan ............................................................................................................................................60 Africa ....................................................................................................................................................62 The African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) ....................................................................................62 Angola ...................................................................................................................................................64 Benin .....................................................................................................................................................67 Republic of Botswana ...........................................................................................................................68 Burkina Faso .........................................................................................................................................70 Burundi .................................................................................................................................................72 Cabo Verde ...........................................................................................................................................74 Cameroon .............................................................................................................................................76 Central African Republic........................................................................................................................78 Union des Comores ..............................................................................................................................80 Republic of Congo ................................................................................................................................82 Chad .....................................................................................................................................................84 Côte d'Ivoire .........................................................................................................................................86 Djibouti .................................................................................................................................................88 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...................................................................................................90 State of Eritrea .....................................................................................................................................91 Eswatini ……………………..........................................................................................................................93 Ethiopia ................................................................................................................................................94 Equatorial Guinea ................................................................................................................................97 Gabon ..................................................................................................................................................99 Ghana .................................................................................................................................................100 Guinea Bissau .....................................................................................................................................102 Guinea ................................................................................................................................................105 Kenya ..................................................................................................................................................107