EU ANNUAL REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD 2019 COUNTRY UPDATES Contents Enlargement countries…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………5 Republic of Albania.................................................................................................................................5 Bosnia and Herzegovina ........................................................................................................................6 Republic of North Macedonia ................................................................................................................8 Kosovo* 1 .................................................................................................................................................10 Montenegro .........................................................................................................................................12 Republic of Serbia ................................................................................................................................13 Republic of Turkey ...............................................................................................................................14 EEA/EFTA Countries and non-EU Western European Countries ........................................................17 Switzerland ..........................................................................................................................................17 Norway ................................................................................................................................................18 Iceland .................................................................................................................................................20 Liechtenstein .......................................................................................................................................21 European Neighbourhood Policy ........................................................................................................22 Eastern Partnership regional cooperation……………………………………………………………………………………….22 Armenia ...............................................................................................................................................23 Azerbaijan ............................................................................................................................................24 Belarus .................................................................................................................................................26 Georgia ................................................................................................................................................28 Republic of Moldova ...........................................................................................................................30 Ukraine ................................................................................................................................................32 Egypt ....................................................................................................................................................35 State of Israel .......................................................................................................................................36 Jordan ...................................................................................................................................................38 Lebanon ................................................................................................................................................40 Libya ......................................................................................................................................................43 Syria ......................................................................................................................................................45 Palestinian Authority (occupied Palestinian territory – oPt) ................................................................47 Kingdom of Morocco ............................................................................................................................49 Western Sahara ....................................................................................................................................51 People's Democratic Republic of Algeria ..............................................................................................52 Republic of Tunisia ................................................................................................................................54 Russia and Central Asia ........................................................................................................................56 Russia ....................................................................................................................................................56 Kazakhstan ............................................................................................................................................58 The Kyrgyz Republic ..............................................................................................................................60 Tajikistan ...............................................................................................................................................62 *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 Turkmenistan ........................................................................................................................................64 Uzbekistan ............................................................................................................................................66 Africa ....................................................................................................................................................67 The African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) ....................................................................................67 Angola ...................................................................................................................................................70 Benin .....................................................................................................................................................72 Republic of Botswana ...........................................................................................................................74 Burkina Faso .........................................................................................................................................76 Burundi .................................................................................................................................................78 Cabo Verde ...........................................................................................................................................80 Cameroon .............................................................................................................................................82 Central African Republic........................................................................................................................84 Union des Comores ..............................................................................................................................86 Republic of Congo .................................................................................................................................87 Chad ......................................................................................................................................................89 Côte d'Ivoire .........................................................................................................................................91 Djibouti .................................................................................................................................................93 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...................................................................................................95 State of Eritrea .....................................................................................................................................97 Eswatini ……………………..........................................................................................................................99 Ethiopia ...............................................................................................................................................101 Equatorial Guinea ...............................................................................................................................102 Gabon .................................................................................................................................................105 Ghana .................................................................................................................................................106 Guinea Bissau .....................................................................................................................................109 Guinea ................................................................................................................................................111 Kenya ..................................................................................................................................................113