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.

The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed on August 9th every year. There are over 476 million indigenous peoples living in 90 countries across the world, accounting for 6.2 per cent of the global population.

World Humanitarian Day is held every year on August 19 to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service and to rally support for people affected by crises around the world.

On 21 December 2010, the UN General Assembly passed resolution 65/209 welcoming the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and declaring 30 August the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.