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 2,641–2,670, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 704 Deploring the ongoing violence by Iraqi security forces against the residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq. 111th July 31, 2009
HRES 672 Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to release imprisoned bloggers and respect Internet freedom. 111th October 21, 2009
HRES 624 Condemning all violent repression by the Government of the People's Republic of China of peaceful Uighur protests. 111th July 10, 2009
HRES 620 Condemning the violence in Honduras and calling for the return of the duly elected President. 111th July 8, 2009
HRES 605 Recognizing the continued persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China on the 11th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party campaign to suppress the Falun Gong spiritual movement and calling for an immediate end to the campaign to persecute, intimidate, imprison, and torture Falun Gong practitioners. 111th March 16, 2010
HRES 596 Expressing support for the Black European Summit. 111th June 26, 2009
HRES 595 Recognizing persons of African descent in Europe. 111th June 26, 2009
HRES 590 Expressing grave concerns about the sweeping censorship, privacy, and cybersecurity implications of China's Green Dam filtering software, and urging U.S. high-tech companies to promote the Internet as a tool for transparency, freedom of expression, and citizen empowerment around the world. 111th June 26, 2009
HRES 588 Expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that the trial by the Government of the Russian Federation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev constitutes a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and independence of Russia's judicial system. 111th June 26, 2009
HRES 579 Expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and rule of law, and rescinding the invitation to Iranian officials to attend July 4th celebrations at United States embassies and for other purposes. 111th June 24, 2009
HRES 574 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Peru should immediately cease any hostile activity against its indigenous peoples and instead engage in dialogue to address ongoing political conflict between state authorities and indigenous peoples. 111th June 23, 2009
HRES 560 Expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and rule of law, and for other purposes. 111th June 19, 2009
HRES 549 Expressing support for all Iranian citizens who struggle for freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and the protection of the rule of law. 111th June 17, 2009
HRES 535 Commending the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions for calling upon all nations to live in peace and mutual understanding. 111th July 30, 2009
HRES 496 Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. 111th July 29, 2009
HRES 489 Recognizing the twentieth anniversary of the suppression of protesters and citizens in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing, People's Republic of China, on June 3 and 4, 1989 and expressing sympathy to the families of those killed, tortured, and imprisoned in connection with the democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and other parts of China on June 3 and 4, 1989 and thereafter. 111th June 2, 2009
HRES 417 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Barack Obama should immediately work to reverse damaging and illegal actions taken by the Bush/Cheney Administration and collaborate with Congress to proactively prevent any further abuses of executive branch power. 111th June 12, 2009
HRES 416 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions. 111th June 12, 2009
HRES 378 Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the election of Margaret Thatcher as the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain. 111th May 12, 2009
HRES 364 Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirming the support of Congress for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, and for other purposes. 111th April 27, 2009
HRES 334 Calling on the Government of Vietnam to release from prison, end the detention without trial, and cease the harassment and house arrest of the people who signed the Manifesto on Freedom and Democracy for Vietnam, and expressing the sense of Congress that the President should encourage Vietnam to release such people from prison and to direct the Secretary of State to establish a Countries of Particular Concern list to condemn countries like Vietnam, which engage in "particularly severe violations" of human rights. 111th April 21, 2009
HRES 285 Congratulating the people of the Republic of Lithuania on the 1000th anniversary of Lithuania and celebrating the rich history of Lithuania. 111th July 24, 2009
HRES 258 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding drug trafficking in Mexico. 111th March 18, 2009
HRES 252 Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution 111th September 22, 2010
HRES 241 Commending the International Criminal Court for issuing a warrant for the arrest of Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of the Republic of the Sudan, for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and expressing the hope that this will be a significant step in the long road towards achieving peace and stability in the Darfur region. 111th March 12, 2009
HRES 238 Recognizing the threat to international security and basic human dignity posed by the catastrophic decline of economic, humanitarian, and human rights conditions in the Republic of Zimbabwe. 111th March 12, 2009
HRES 236 Urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. 111th March 11, 2009
HRES 226 Recognizing the plight of the Tibetan people on the 50th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama being forced into exile and calling for a sustained multilateral effort to bring about a durable and peaceful solution to the Tibet issue. 111th March 11, 2009
HRES 220 Urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. 111th March 6, 2009
HRES 200 Calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt. 111th February 26, 2009

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.