Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Protecting and supporting human rights defenders is a key priority of U.S. foreign policy. Here are U.S. strategies for their protection.

What are human rights and where did they come from? Here's short video with answers.

The 2018 report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on the status of religious freedom around the world is available here.

On March 13, 2019, the U.S. State Department released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.

Learn what atrocity crimes are and why it's important to prosecute them.

Looking for the universal human rights instruments? You'll find them here.

U.S. Department of State's annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2018

International Women’s Day, observed each year on March 8, is a time to reflect on progress made, reaffirm the commitment to women's equality and empowerment, and celebrate the courage and determination of ordinary women who shape the history of their countries and communities each and every day.

In its recent resolution on eliminating racism, the United Nations General Assembly reiterated that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies. The resolution also emphasized that any doctrine of racial superiority is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous and must be rejected, together with theories that attempt to determine the existence of separate human races.