Presents the "Palau Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998," which was released on February 26, 1999 by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Discusses the countries respect for human rights in the areas of personal freedoms, political rights, civil liberties, discrimination, and worker rights.

Palau is a constitutional republic. The president, vice president, and members of the legislature (the Olbiil Era Kelulau) are elected for four-year terms. There are no political parties. In the generally free and fair elections held in November 2008, Johnson Toribiong was elected president. Security forces reported to civilian authorities. The most significant human rights problems in the country occurred in the areas of government corruption and discrimination and abuse of foreign workers. Other human rights problems that occurred during the year were domestic violence and trafficking in persons.

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor presents the "2000 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices" for Palau, which was released in February 2001. The report provides an overview of the country and discusses the respect for and abuses of human rights in Palau.

Freedom in the World contains both comparative ratings and written narratives and is now the standard reference work for measuring the progress and decline in political rights and civil liberties on a global basis.