Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Every year, May 3 is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession

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

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

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

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

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

The 2019 report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on the status of religious freedom around the world is available here.

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