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.

The Department of Labor's annual report "Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor" focuses on the efforts of certain U.S. trade beneficiary countries and territories to eliminate the worst forms of child labor through legislation, enforcement mechanisms, policies and social programs.

U.S. Department of State's annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2021

A primer on the definition of atrocity crimes by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The 2021 report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on the status of religious freedom around the world is available here.

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

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

On March 30, 2021, the U.S. State Department released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.

The annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom describes the status of religious freedom, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies promoting religious freedom.