Topic

Human rights

Bills 4,269 First seen 107th Most recent 119th

4,269 bills on this subject

Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 531. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 119th
4,269 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 391–420, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 1188 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States expects the Government of Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, to comply with the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, also known as the Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflicts. 117th June 17, 2022
HRES 1132 Calling for the immediate release of Brittney Griner, a citizen of the United States, who was wrongfully detained by the Government of the Russian Federation in February 2022. 117th June 24, 2022
HRES 1128 Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia, and Intersexphobia. 117th May 31, 2022
HRES 1125 Condemning rising antisemitism. 117th May 18, 2022
HRES 1121 Calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was unjustly detained on April 11, 2022. 117th May 16, 2022
HRES 1109 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933, known as the Holodomor, is recognized as a genocide and should serve as a reminder of repressive Soviet policies against the people of Ukraine. 117th May 12, 2022
HRES 1106 Expressing support for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, its member states, and the United States-ASEAN Special Summit in Washington, DC, and reaffirming the commitment of the United States to continue to remain a strong, reliable, and active partner to ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific. 117th May 11, 2022
HRES 1095 Responding to widening threats to freedom of the press and expression around the world, reaffirming the centrality of a free and independent press to the health of democracy, and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority of the United States in promoting democracy, human rights, and good governance on World Press Freedom Day. 117th May 6, 2022
HRES 1068 Recognizing the 47th anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. 117th April 27, 2022
HRES 1057 Condemning the rape and assault of women by Russian forces in the occupied area of Bucha, Ukraine, and calling on Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation to remove all Russian forces from Ukraine, and to cease all hostilities, protect human rights, and allow the free flow of aid. 117th April 14, 2022
HRES 1051 Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2022, as the fifth annual "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing persons. 117th April 18, 2022
HRES 1038 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin, members of the Russian Security Council, the Russian Armed Forces, and Russian military commanders for committing atrocities, including alleged war crimes, against the people of Ukraine and others. 117th April 6, 2022
HRES 987 Expressing gratitude on behalf of the people of the United States to the journalists and news staff who are risking injury and death, are subject to grave threat, and have sacrificed their lives, to chronicle and report on the ongoing war in Ukraine resulting from Putin's invasion. 117th March 16, 2022
HRES 985 Recognizing the 11th anniversary of the Syrian revolution against Bashar al-Assad. 117th March 15, 2022
HRES 964 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States condemns the Russian Government's gross violations of international law amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and supports the efforts of international organizations to help people displaced by war and conflict. 117th March 17, 2022
HRES 963 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin, members of the Russian Security Council, the Russian Armed Forces, and Russian military commanders for committing flagrant acts of aggression and other atrocities rising to the level of crimes against humanity and war crimes against the people of Ukraine and others. 117th March 7, 2022
HRES 937 Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to preserve liberty by operating within the enumerated powers in the Constitution of the United States and its founding principles. 117th November 1, 2022
HRES 922 Condemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security and famine. 117th December 1, 2022
HRES 907 Reaffirming our commitment to support progress toward transparency, accountable institutions, and other tenets of good governance in the Republic of Liberia as it approaches the bicentennial of the arrival of the first free Black Americans to Providence Island, Liberia. 117th February 9, 2022
HRES 896 Condemning the Burmese military for perpetrating gross violations of human rights as part of its brutal campaign to suppress the democratic aspirations of the people of Burma, a year after the coup d'état on February 1, 2021. 117th February 9, 2022
HRES 895 Strongly condemning ongoing violence and human rights abuses stemming from Cameroon's Anglophone crisis. 117th February 9, 2022
HRES 893 Supporting the observation of National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month during the period beginning on January 1, 2022, and ending on February 1, 2022, to raise awareness of, and opposition to, human trafficking and modern slavery. 117th November 1, 2022
HRES 892 Calling on the Government of the Republic of Rwanda to release Paul Rusesabagina on humanitarian grounds. 117th July 14, 2022
HRES 877 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding many of today's greatest national security challenges and outlining a new framework for foreign policy for the 21st century. 117th January 20, 2022
HRES 867 Commending the actions of Cuban human rights and democracy activist José Daniel Ferrer Garcia, and all pro-democracy and human rights activists, in demanding fundamental civil liberties in Cuba and speaking out against Cuba's brutal, totalitarian Communist regime. 117th January 12, 2022
HRES 842 Condemning the sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls in Ethiopia and emphasizing the urgent demand for humanitarian responses to meet their needs. 117th February 22, 2022
HRES 837 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Beijing should immediately guarantee the safety and freedom of tennis star Peng Shuai. 117th December 8, 2021
HRES 814 Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance of memorializing the lives lost this year to antitransgender violence. 117th November 1, 2022
HRES 760 Expressing solidarity with Cuban citizens demonstrating peacefully for fundamental freedoms, condemning the Cuban regime's acts of repression, and calling for the immediate release of arbitrarily detained Cuban citizens. 117th November 3, 2021
HRES 744 Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 117th December 1, 2022

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