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 871–900, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 1165 Condemning Azerbaijan's military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh and denouncing Turkish interference in the conflict. 116th October 9, 2020
HRES 1163 Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords. 116th October 9, 2020
HRES 1150 Urging the Government of Côte d'Ivoire, opposition leaders, and all citizens to respect democratic principles, refrain from violence, and hold free, fair, transparent, and peaceful elections in October 2020. 116th October 1, 2020
HRES 1145 Condemning the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and calling for a robust United States and international response. 116th November 18, 2020
HRES 1144 Broadband for All Resolution of 2020 116th September 23, 2020
HRES 1132 Expressing support for the designation of September 2020 as "Peace Month" and calling on Congress to take action to promote peace. 116th September 21, 2020
HRES 1131 Condemning the murder of Sara Duker and renouncing Palestinian Authority martyr payments to terrorists. 116th September 21, 2020
HRES 1121 Urging the Government of Burma to hold free, fair, inclusive, transparent, participatory, and credible elections on November 8, 2020. 116th October 1, 2020
HRES 1120 Urging the Government of Tanzania and all parties to respect human rights and constitutional rights and ensure free and fair elections in October 2020, and recognizing the importance of multi-party democracy in Tanzania. 116th September 17, 2020
HRES 1115 Calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States citizen who was unjustly sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison. 116th December 3, 2020
HRES 1111 Supporting the people of Belarus and their democratic aspirations and condemning the election rigging and subsequent violent crackdowns on peaceful protestors by the Government of the Republic of Belarus. 116th September 15, 2020
HRES 1100 Reaffirming the importance of the strategic partnership between the United States and Mongolia. 116th December 7, 2020
HRES 1085 Condemning targeted terrorist attacks against members of the Sikh, Hindu, and other religious minority communities in Afghanistan and supporting refugee protection for Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan in recognition of the systematic religious persecution, discrimination, and existential danger faced by the members of these communities. 116th August 14, 2020
HRES 1081 Recognizing the role of democracies in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, democracy's resiliency, the dangers of authoritarianism, and reaffirming the commitment of the United States to democratic principles. 116th August 11, 2020
HRES 1062 Affirming the nature and importance of the United States-Iraq bilateral relationship, including security and economic components of the relationship. 116th November 18, 2020
HRES 1061 Condemning war crimes committed in Idlib, Syria, by the regime of Bashar Al-Assad and its backers and calling for a political solution to the Syrian civil war. 116th August 7, 2020
HRES 1050 Urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. 116th July 24, 2020
HRES 1045 Condemning the genocide and other crimes against the Bosniak community perpetrated by Bosnian Serb forces at Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995. 116th July 16, 2020
HRES 1033 Condemning acts by the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region that violate fundamental rights and freedoms of Hong Kong residents as well as acts that undermine Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy. 116th November 18, 2020
HRES 1018 Recognizing that in the 25 years since normalizing diplomatic relations, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the United States of America have worked toward increased stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States will continue to remain a strong, reliable, and active partner in the Southeast Asian region. 116th July 13, 2020
HRES 1016 Recognizing the 3rd anniversary of the passing of Otto Frederick Warmbier and condemning the North Korean regime for their continued human rights abuses. 116th July 13, 2020
HRES 1014 Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQ Pride Month. 116th June 22, 2020
HRES 1009 Recognizing the threats to press freedom in the United States in the wake of protests following the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, 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. 116th June 18, 2020
HRES 999 Recognizing the threats to press freedom in the United States in the wake of protests following the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, 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. 116th June 11, 2020
HRES 994 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning threats to Hong Kong's freedoms and autonomy on the 31st anniversary of the violent repression of the peaceful protests centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. 116th June 26, 2020
HRES 974 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Hong Kong national security law proposed by the Government of the People's Republic of China would violate the obligations of that Government under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Hong Kong Basic Law, and calling upon all free countries of the world to stand with the people of Hong Kong. 116th June 26, 2020
HRES 963 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the International Olympic Committee should rebid the 2022 Winter Olympic Games to be hosted by a country that recognizes and respects human rights. 116th May 8, 2020
HRES 958 Condemning the practice of politically motivated imprisonment and calling for the immediate release of political prisoners in the Russian Federation and urging action by the United States Government to impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for that form of human rights abuse. 116th December 3, 2020
HRES 944 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the People's Republic of China should be held accountable for its handling of COVID-19. 116th April 28, 2020
HRES 943 Recognizing the 45th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. 116th April 28, 2020

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