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 April 20, 2018, the U.S. State Department released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.

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.

The International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda occurs every April 7. The date marks the start of the 1994 genocide, where more than 800,000 Tutsis, moderate Hutus, and others were systematically killed by Hutu extremists. Every year, on or around that date, the United Nations organizes commemorative events at its Headquarters in New York and at United Nations offices around the world.

May 3 is the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Windhoek on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press. Since 1994, it has been celebrated as World Press Freedom Day.