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.

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

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.

Women human rights defenders lead movements that have swept the globe calling for gender equality and an end to gender-based violence against women. They have flooded the streets, the airwaves, and the internet with their energy and their testimonials, bringing to light truths that are too often buried in darkness.

Corruption is a serious crime that can undermine social and economic development in all societies. No country, region or community is immune to this crime.

Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10 – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year, Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.