Human Rights

• U.N. Prosecutor Gathering Evidence of Darfur Crimes, December 13, 2005

• Democracies Have Duty to Defend Human Rights, Official Says, December 10, 2005

• Bush Proclaims December 10 Human Rights Day, December 9, 2005

• U.S. Salutes Defenders of Human Rights on Human Rights Day, December 9, 2005

• Bush, Austria's Schuessel Discuss Human Rights, U.S.-EU Relations, December 8, 2005

• United States Cites Human Rights as Cornerstone of Foreign Policy, December 8, 2005

• Ambassador Bolton Criticizes U.N. Human Rights Commissioner, December 7, 2005

• Human Rights Day Celebrated on December 10, December 7, 2005

• Rosa Parks To Be Memorialized in U.S. Congress' Statuary Hall, December 1, 2005

• United States Seeks Security Council Briefing on Burma, November 29, 2005

• Sudan's Darfur Conflict Shown Through the Eyes of Children, November 28, 2005

• State's Frazer Returns from Third Trip on Darfur Crisis, November 22, 2005

• U.S. Says Convictions in Uzbekistan Based on Unfair Trial, November 14, 2005

• State's Zoellick Presses for End to Violence in Darfur, November 8, 2005

• Sudan Parties "Need to Regain Momentum," State's Zoellick Says, November 8, 2005

• U.S. Envoy Sees No Excuse for Human Rights Abuses in North Korea, November 8, 2005

• State's Zoellick Travels to Sudan Promoting Peace, Aid to Darfur, November 4, 2005

• Zoellick Heads to Sudan To Continue Push for Peace, November 4, 2005

• United States Pursuing "Activist Diplomacy" in Sudan, November 1, 2005

• Creation of U.N. Human Rights Council Immediate U.S. Priority, October 29, 2005

• State's Fried Says Human Rights, Democracy Key in Central Asia, October 27, 2005

• Civil Rights Catalyst Rosa Parks Dead at 92, October 24, 2005

• Secretary Rice Asserts All People Deserve Freedom, October 22, 2005

• U.S. Outlines Human-Rights Priorities for Security Organization, October 20, 2005

• Bolton Says U.N. Reform Will Require Time, Hard Work, October 18, 2005

• U.N. Human Rights Body Must Exclude Violators, U.S. Official Says, October 18, 2005

• U.S. Condemns Attacks on African Union Personnel in Darfur, October 10, 2005

• United States Wants Action, Not Words for Darfur, October 10, 2005

• Senate Confirms New Head of Human Rights, Democracy Bureau, October 7, 2005

• United States Condemns Upsurge of Violence in Darfur, October 4, 2005

• Darfur Talks Ongoing, with U.S. Encouragement, October 3, 2005

• Immigration, Multiculturalism Integral to U.S., Says Scholar, September 28, 2005

• Special Envoy To Raise N. Korea's Human Rights Profile, Says Rice, September 6, 2005

• Human Rights Council Essential to U.N. Reform, Bolton Says, August 30, 2005

• Monument in Washington To Honor Martin Luther King Jr., August 28, 2005

• Bush Appoints Special Envoy on Human Rights in North Korea, August 19, 2005

• New Panel Aims To Give Greater Voice to Disabled in Foreign Policy, August 15, 2005

• United States Supports Women's Empowerment in Iraq, August 15, 2005

• American Human Rights Activist To Visit Ethiopia, Sudan, August 11, 2005

• Muslim-American Women Find a Voice in American Society, August 11, 2005

• United States Transports Rwandan Civilian Police to Darfur, August 8, 2005

• United Nations To Monitor Use, Abuse of Child Soldiers, July 26, 2005

• Refugee Women, Children Must Be Protected in Sudan, Rice Says, July 21, 2005

• Human Rights "Extremely Important" To United States, July 20, 2005

• U.S. Delegate to Human Rights Commission Holds Internet Chat, July 15, 2005

• Weekly Review of Developments in Human Rights and Democracy, July 14, 2005

• Weekly Review of Developments in Human Rights and Democracy, July 7, 2005

• Human Rights Activist To Participate in Internet Chat July 20, July 5, 2005

• U.S. Calls on Iran To Release Imprisoned Journalist Akbar Ganji, June 29, 2005

• Egyptian Female Lawyer Works to Reform Divorce, Citizenship Laws, June 28, 2005

• Bush Calls Freedom from Torture "Inalienable Human Right", June 26, 2005

• Promotion of Human Rights, Democracy Vital to U.S. Interests, June 20, 2005

• Rwanda and Burundi Must Halt Forcible Return of Refugees, June 14, 2005

• Tsunami-Affected Nations Report Warning System Progress, Needs, June 11, 2005

• Darfur Peace Talks Resume in Nigeria, June 10, 2005

• New U.N. Human Rights Office to Open in Guatemala, June 2, 2005

• Sudan Strategy Must Go Beyond Food, Peacekeepers, Zoellick Says, May 27, 2005

• Nonproliferation, Human Rights Concern Everyone, Rice Says, May 26, 2005

• Rice Calls for "Legitimate" U.N. Human Rights Body, April 28, 2005

• U.S. Outlines Ideas for Reforming U.N. Commission on Human Rights, April 19, 2005

• No Improvement in Darfur Security, U.N. Report Says, April 18, 2005

• Human Rights Abuses Systematic Problem for China, Official Says, April 14, 2005

• Clinton Named Special U.N. Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, April 13, 2005

• United States Pledges Additional Aid to Sudan at Oslo Conference, April 13, 2005

• Annan Urges Reform of U.N. Human Rights Commission, April 7, 2005

• War Crimes Tribunal Given Names of Darfur Suspects, April 5, 2005

• Rights Abusers Do Not Belong on U.N. Rights Panel, U.S. Says, March 31, 2005

• Freedom and Democracy in Iraq, March 29, 2005

• United Nations Sets Sanctions on Darfur Human-Rights Violators, March 29, 2005

• Acting Assistant Secretary of State Michael Kozak, March 28, 2005

• Promoting freedom and democracy is the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy, March 28, 2005

• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004-2005 Report - "U.S. Human Rights and Democracy Strategy", March 28, 2005

• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004-2005 Report - Europe and Eurasia, March 28, 2005

• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004-2005 Report - Preface, March 28, 2005

• U.N. Must Not Shrink from Naming Human-Rights Abusers, U.S. Says, March 24, 2005

• United States Urges U.N. Human Rights Body Not To Target Israel, March 23, 2005

• U.S. Offers Three Resolutions To Speed End of Crisis in Darfur, March 22, 2005

• Mixed Picture Emerges on Global Human Rights Practices, March 17, 2005

• Rights Abusers Should Not Be on U.N. Rights Panel, U.S. Says, March 17, 2005

• U.S. To Participate in 61st Session of U.N. Human Rights Panel, March 14, 2005

• Human Rights Gains Reported in Western Hemisphere, March 11, 2005

• State Department Releases Report on North Korean Asylum Seekers, March 11, 2005

• 2005 Crucial Year for Sudan, U.N. Official Says, March 9, 2005

• Advancing Women's Human Rights a Policy Priority, Laura Bush Says, March 8, 2005

• U.N.'s Annan Presses for Faster Action to Stop Darfur Atrocities, March 7, 2005

• New Senate Bill Would Step Up Pressure on Genocide in Darfur, March 2, 2005

• Annual Human Rights Reports Help Advance Freedom, Rice Says, February 28, 2005

• Human Rights Reports Important Tool for U.S. Policy Makers, February 28, 2005

• Promoting Human Rights "Bedrock" of Foreign Policy, Official Says, February 28, 2005

• State Department Releases 2004 Human Rights Country Reports, February 28, 2005

• State Department Report Assesses Human Rights in South Asia, February 28, 2005

• State Department Reports Cite Human Rights Problems in Mideast, February 28, 2005

• New U.S. Officials in Sudan Will Support Peace Agreement, February 25, 2005

• Annual Human Rights Reports Support Freedom Worldwide, February 22, 2005

• African Union Tribunal Proposed for War Crimes in Darfur, February 9, 2005

• U.S. Pledges More Funding to Tsunami Relief, Warning System, February 9, 2005

• Darfur Remains Dismal, U.N. Envoy Says, February 8, 2005

• Genocide Has Been Occurring in Darfur, U.S. Government Reaffirms, February 1, 2005

• War Crimes Committed in Darfur, United Nations Finds, January 31, 2005

• Actor Calls for Action Against Ongoing Genocide in Darfur, January 27, 2005

• Members of Congress Censure Sudan on Continued Violence in Darfur, January 27, 2005

• General Assembly Reflects on Liberation of Nazi Death Camps, January 24, 2005

• Sudan Peace Accord Seen as Shortcut to Solving Darfur Crisis, January 12, 2005

• U.N. Human Rights Office to Open in Guatemala, January 11, 2005

• U.S. Remains Committed to Achieving Peace in Darfur, Envoy Says, January 11, 2005

• Wolf Praises Sudan Accord, Castigates U.N. Over Darfur, January 11, 2005

• Bush, Powell Praise Sudan Peace Accord, Urge Swift Implementation, January 9, 2005

• Chronology of U.S. Engagement in the Sudan Peace Process, January 8, 2005

• Powell Pledges U.S. Aid to Sudan Will Continue After Peace Accord, January 8, 2005

• U.S. Helsinki Commission Welcomes Anti-Semitism Report, January 5, 2005

• Shirley Chisholm Dead At 80, January 1, 2005