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

World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is held every year on 19 August 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.