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 2,941–2,970, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 1496 Recognizing persons of African descent in Europe. 110th September 25, 2008
HRES 1482 To condemn the efforts of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations and the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to pressure and coerce the democratically elected government of the Republic of Ireland to reduce or eliminate its constitutionally established abortion restrictions. 110th September 23, 2008
HRES 1467 Expressing the concern of the House of Representatives for the plight of Iraq's vulnerable ethno-religious minorities, and urging greater measures to protect the members of such minorities who have become refugees, asylum seekers, or internally displaced persons. 110th September 18, 2008
HRES 1454 Expressing the strong support of the House of Representatives for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to enter into a Membership Action Plan with Ukraine. 110th September 17, 2008
HRES 1451 Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Establishment Resolution 110th September 24, 2008
HRES 1435 Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the 1938 occurrence of Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass. 110th September 23, 2008
HRES 1424 Supporting humanitarian assistance, the protection of civilians, and accountability for abuses in Somalia, and urging concrete progress in line with the Transitional Federal Charter of Somalia toward the establishment of a viable government of national unity. 110th September 10, 2008
HRES 1409 Recognizing the great strides made by the majority of countries participating in the Summer Olympic Games to increase the participation of women in sports and in the Summer Olympic Games, calling on the International Olympic Committee and all countries to take concrete steps to increase the participation of women in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, and for other purposes. 110th August 1, 2008
HRES 1402 Supporting a transition to democracy through free, fair, credible, peaceful, and transparent elections in Bangladesh. 110th September 23, 2008
HRES 1398 Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the continued gross violations of political, civil, and human rights of the Syrian people by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, calling on the Government of Syria to immediately and unconditionally release prisoners of conscience and other political prisoners, and for other purposes. 110th July 31, 2008
HRES 1370 Resolution calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately end abuses of the human rights of its citizens, to cease repression of Tibetan and Uighur people, and to end its support for the Governments of Sudan and Burma to ensure that the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games take place in an atmosphere that honors the Olympic traditions of freedom and openness. 110th July 30, 2008
HRES 1361 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should lead a high-level diplomatic effort to ensure that the Durban Review Conference serves as a forum to review implementation of commitments made at the 2001 Durban Conference to combat all forms of racism by defeating the campaign by some members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to divert the United Nation's Durban Review Conference from a review of problems in their own and other countries by attacking Israel, promoting anti-Semitism, and undermining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 110th September 23, 2008
HRES 1347 Praising relief efforts by Chinese individuals and nongovernmental organizations to assist victims of the recent earthquake in the People's Republic of China, recognizing the Chinese Government for allowing such efforts to proceed and for allowing open media coverage of the earthquake, and encouraging the Chinese Government to continue this new era of openness. 110th July 15, 2008
HRES 1346 Recognizing that more than 160,000,000 people in India are considered untouchable and dehumanized by the caste system. 110th July 15, 2008
HRES 1338 Calling on the United States Government and the international community to support a transition to sustainable peace in Sri Lanka by encouraging an international human rights monitoring presence, protecting the work of civil society and media, facilitating access of humanitarian operations, and retaining democratic principles in which rule of law and justice pervades. 110th July 10, 2008
HRES 1337 Condemning the decision by the Government of Zimbabwe to hold the run-off presidential election on June 27, 2008;. 110th July 10, 2008
HRES 1334 Calling upon the Government of China to account for those detained during March 2008 protests and to recognize the fundamental human rights of all Tibetans, including monks, nuns, and innocent civilians, currently detained by the Government of China. 110th July 10, 2008
HRES 1314 Remembering the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932-1933 and extending the deepest sympathies of the House of Representative to the victims, survivors, and families of this tragedy, and for other purposes. 110th September 23, 2008
HRES 1310 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Iran's lack of protection for internationally recognized human rights creates poor conditions for religious freedom in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 110th June 26, 2008
HRES 1303 Calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt. 110th June 24, 2008
HRES 1301 Calling upon the Government of Zimbabwe to postpone the run-off presidential election scheduled for Friday, June 27, 2008. 110th June 24, 2008
HRES 1273 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the human rights crisis of Laotian and Hmong people in Laos and Thailand. 110th June 12, 2008
HRES 1270 Commending the efforts of those who sought to block an international arms transfer destined for Zimbabwe, where the government has unleashed a campaign of violence and intimidation against members of the political opposition, and for other purposes. 110th June 18, 2008
HRES 1258 Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. 110th June 11, 2008
HRES 1254 Supporting the values and goals of the "Joint Action Plan Between the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Government of the United States of America to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality", signed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brazilian Minister of Racial Integration Edson Santos on March 13, 2008. 110th September 9, 2008
HRES 1230 Condemning postelection violence in Zimbabwe and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis. 110th June 19, 2008
HRES 1227 Condemning sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and calling on the international community to take immediate actions to respond to the violence. 110th September 23, 2008
HRES 1169 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. 110th May 1, 2008
HRES 1140 Recognizing the 10th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. 110th April 23, 2008
HRES 1127 Resolution condemning the endemic restrictions on freedom of the press and media and public expression in the Middle East and the concurrent and widespread presence of anti-Semitic incitement to violence and Holocaust denial in the Arab media and press. 110th June 18, 2008

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