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 421–450, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 720 Calling for stability and the cessation of violence and condemning ISIS-affiliated terrorist activity in northern Mozambique, including the Cabo Delgado Province, and for other purposes. 117th July 14, 2022
HRES 714 Encouraging all nations to end sexual violence against girls through in-country data-driven reforms. 117th October 8, 2021
HRES 693 Recognizing the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia and its mission to provide an independent source of news to closed societies in Asia. 117th December 21, 2022
HRES 662 Honoring the victims resulting from hate crimes, Islamophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, where individuals were targeted by violence and hatred because they were Muslim or perceived to be Muslim. 117th November 1, 2022
HRES 624 Affirming the right of all renters to a safe, affordable, and decent home. 117th September 7, 2021
HRES 615 Celebrating the goals and ideals of the first International Day for People of African Descent, particularly the principle that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies". 117th November 1, 2022
HRES 568 Expressing that the United States is obligated to permanently end the unhoused crisis by 2025 and uphold, protect, and enforce the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, including the human rights to housing, universal health care, livable wages, education, employment opportunities, access to public facilities, free movement in public spaces, privacy, confidentiality, internet access, vote, freedom from harassment by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners, and housed residents, and equal rights to health care, legal representation, and social services without discrimination based on housing status. 117th August 13, 2021
HRES 557 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives against the malignant and metastasizing ideology of anti-Semitism. 117th November 1, 2022
HRES 550 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States policy recognizing the Assyrian Genocide. 117th August 4, 2021
HRES 534 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 July 16, 2021
HRES 529 Standing with the Cuban people and their struggle for freedom, democracy, and human rights. 117th July 13, 2021
HRES 527 Expressing solidarity with the Cuban people in their demands for freedom and respect for basic human rights. 117th July 13, 2021
HRES 505 Expressing support for the people of Afghanistan, condemning the Taliban's assault on human rights, and calling for the Federal Government to protect the Afghan citizens who bravely served alongside the Armed Forces of the United States by providing adequate resources for the special immigrant visa program established under the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009. 117th November 1, 2022
HRES 500 Condemning the Chinese Communist Party for 100 years of gross violations of human rights and standing with the Chinese people in their struggle for liberty. 117th August 4, 2021
HRES 497 Condemning the murder of Alireza Fazeli Monfared and the practice of so-called "honor killings" in Iran, and for other purposes. 117th July 29, 2021
HRES 490 Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons. 117th November 1, 2022
HRES 489 Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. 117th November 1, 2022
HRES 470 Supporting the right of LGBTQI+ people to equal and inalienable human rights, economic rights, civil rights, and social and political equity at home and abroad and condemning discrimination, persecution, and violence against LGBTQI+ identifying individuals and communities everywhere, including in Europe and Eurasia. 117th November 1, 2022
HRES 466 Urging the International Olympic Committee to take into consideration the mass detention of Uyghurs and consider all options to uphold the fundamental rights of persecuted minorities in China ahead of the 2022 Olympic Games. 117th August 4, 2021
HRES 457 Expressing that the United States must establish electricity as a basic human right and public good, and eradicate the reliance on monopolized, profit-driven utility corporations and providers and the flawed regulatory regime that has failed to regulate these utilities in the public interest. 117th June 7, 2021
HRES 456 Remembering the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and condemning the continued and intensifying crackdown on human rights and basic freedoms within the People's Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, by the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes. 117th August 4, 2021
HRES 455 Expressing support for the people of Russia, condemning the Kremlin's assault on human rights and the freedom of expression, and calling for Vladimir Putin to immediately release Alexey Navalny. 117th August 4, 2021
HRES 445 Condemning all violence and human rights abuses in Ethiopia, and calling on the Government of Ethiopia and the Government of the State of Eritrea to remove all Eritrean troops from Ethiopia, and for all belligerents in the conflict, including the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, and Amhara regional forces, and other armed groups to cease all hostilities, protect human rights, allow unfettered humanitarian access, and cooperate with independent investigations of credible atrocity allegations. 117th October 21, 2021
HRES 429 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the value of Palestinian and Israeli lives and urging an immediate cease-fire and diplomatic efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 117th May 21, 2021
HRES 416 Recognizing the importance of the United States-Republic of Korea relationship to safeguarding peace, security, and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula, in the Indo-Pacific region, and beyond, and welcoming the visit of President Moon Jae-in to the United States. 117th May 19, 2021
HRES 415 Reaffirming United States-Uzbekistan relations. 117th May 28, 2021
HRES 413 Recognizing 12 years since the end of the war in Sri Lanka on May 18, 2009, honoring the lives lost, and expressing support for justice, accountability, reconciliation, reconstruction, reparation, and reform in Sri Lanka to ensure a lasting peaceful political solution and a prosperous future for all people of Sri Lanka. 117th May 28, 2021
HRES 408 Urging the Government of El Salvador to respect the country's democratic institutions. 117th May 19, 2021
HRES 405 Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. 117th May 18, 2021
HRES 394 Condemning the acts of terrorism committed by Hamas against the people of the State of Israel. 117th May 28, 2021

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