The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. The U.S. Department of State submits reports on all countries receiving assistance and all United Nations member states to the U.S. Congress in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974.
Secretary Clinton’s Remarks | Assistant Secretary Posner’s Q&A
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Recent Speeches on Human Rights
Secretary Clinton:
- Secretary Clinton’s Remarks on Civil Society and Democracy at the Community of Democracies Ministerial, LitExpo Center, Vilnius, Lithuania – July 1, 2011
- Secretary Clinton On Democracy In The Middle East And North Africa, National Democratic Institute, Washington, DC – November 7, 2011
- Secretary Clinton – LGBT: “Free and Equal In Dignity And Rights,” Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland – December 6, 2011 (Additional Resources)
- Secretary Clinton on Internet Freedom, Conference on Internet Freedom, The Hague, Netherlands –December 8, 2011 (Additional Resources)
- Secretary Clinton on the Istanbul Process for Combating Intolerance and Discrimination Based On Religion or Belief, Washington, DC – December 14, 2011 (Additional Resources)
- Secretary Clinton On Women, Peace, And Security, Georgetown University, Washington, DC – December 19, 2011 (Additional Resources included in Transcript)
- Secretary Clinton’s Remarks on Youth, Tunis, Tunisia – February 25, 2012
Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns:
- Supporting Democratic Transitions and Economic Opportunity in a Changing Middle East, MEI Annual Banquet, Washington, DC – November 16, 2011
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael H. Posner:
- Internet Freedom and Responsibility, Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, San Francisco, CA – October 25, 2011
- American Values, Global Transformations: Democracy And Human Rights In The Obama Administration, The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, Washington D.C. Lawyers’ Chapter – January 20, 2012
Human Rights Council:
