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Humanitarian aid and International law experts talked about the role hunger plays in armed conflict. They appeared before during a virtual hearing of Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.

International law experts discussed the process of punishing war crimes through international criminal courts. Witnesses testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission about the pro…

International civil rights activists testified on relations between China and Hong Kong at a hearing before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, comprised of a bipartisan group of lawmake…

In a rare appearance, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) testified before a joint hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission …

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commissionhosted a panel discussion on the current political and security situations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Speakers also discussed emergi…

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hosted a congressional staff briefing on U.S. efforts to counter Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a militant group in central Africa r…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi presented the Lantos Human Rights Prize to the Dalai Lama. The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice established the Lantos Human Rights Prize to raise aw…

The Congressional Human Rights Caucus hosted a discussion of the latest developments in the research for the truth about the imprisonment and death of Raoul Wallenberg. Mr. Wallenberg was a …

Witnesses testified about the Tienanmen Square crackdown in 1989. They talked about the events leading up to the crackdown, the actual crackdown, and the trends of human rights and political…

The Task Force for International Religious Freedom held a briefing for congressional staff on religious liberties in China and the impact of preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games on religi…

Participants talked about freedom of the press in Russia, antagonism toward the media by government officials, and the recent murder of a journalist in Moscow. They also spoke about Russia’s…

At an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, His Holiness the Dalai Lama talked about human rights and praised the caucus for its concerns for tho…

The Congressional Human Rights Caucus held a discussion on Liberia. Witnesses from the State Department and the United Nations talked about human rights concerns resulting from the country’…

The Congressional Human Rights Caucus sponsored a rally in front of the U.S. Capitol to observe the second anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, when a student demonstration…

The Congressional Human Rights Caucus, a bipartisan organization concerned with human rights violations around the world, heard testimony on the recent occupation of Vilnius, Lithuania by So…

The Congressional Human Rights Caucus conducted a hearing to investigate alleged Iraqi human rights violations in occupied Kuwait. Cases of rape, execution, imprisonment and the destruction …