1.   Greenberger said the list is not a ranking of the worst violators, but it is a starting point.

2.   The biggest shift would be an increase in inspections for pollution problems and a new emphasis on pursuing the worst violators.

3.   The worst violators have been the federal and state judicial police, the rights groups say.

4.   But, citing cooperation from the Tutsi-led government, the commission dropped Rwanda from its list of worst violators.

5.   Serbia is the worst violator of human rights in Europe, and Croatia also is an authoritarian state whose record remains poor, a State Department report says Friday.

6.   Rwanda last year was dropped from its list of worst violators.

7.   Taiwan was taken off the list of worst violators three years ago.

8.   Visits are usually reserved for the worst violators.

9.   The United States on Tuesday singled out Ukraine as the worst violator of intellectual property, and named China and Paraguay as major offenders as well.

10.   Small township mines, which operate with little regulatory control, have been targetted as the worst violators of safety procedures.