Human Rights

• International Court Close to Filing Darfur War Crimes Charges, December 15, 2006

• NGOs Play Vital Role in Building Free Societies, Rice Says, December 14, 2006

• U.N. Human Rights Council Will Dispatch Mission to Darfur, December 13, 2006

• U.N. Human Rights Council Holds First Special Session on Darfur, December 12, 2006

• Americans Working To Improve Human Rights in Darfur, December 10, 2006

• Bush, South African President Discuss Darfur at White House, December 8, 2006

• U.S. Welcomes U.N. Call for Improved Human Rights in Four Nations, November 24, 2006

• United States Urges Sudan To Agree to Peacekeeping Plan, November 20, 2006

• Presidents, Celebrities Inaugurate Martin Luther King Memorial, November 13, 2006

• Human Rights Watchdog Deplores Sudanese Intimidation of Press, November 6, 2006

• North Korea Rated World's Worst Violator of Press Freedom, October 24, 2006

• Fact Sheet: A Day in North Carolina: President Bush Highlights the Success of No Child Left Behind, October 18, 2006

• President Bush Discusses No Child Left Behind Act in North Carolina, October 18, 2006

• President Meets with Andrew Natsios, Special Envoy for Sudan, October 2, 2006

• United Nations Should Approve Darfur Force Now, Bush Says, October 2, 2006

• Rice Calls for Government of Sudan to Accept U.N. Peacekeepers, September 27, 2006

• Diplomatic Pressure Intensifies on Sudan, September 22, 2006

• U.S. Senators Call for Immediate Action on Darfur, September 21, 2006

• "Catastrophe" Looms in Darfur, U.S. Aid Official Tells Congress, September 20, 2006

• Bush Names Special Envoy for Darfur, September 19, 2006

• Bush Calls for U.N. Force To Enter Sudan, Stop Genocide, September 15, 2006

• U.N. Force Can Deploy to Sudan Without Government's Consent, September 15, 2006

• U.S. Activists Plead for U.N. Action To End Suffering in Darfur, September 14, 2006

• U.S. Hopes To Raise U.N. Reform, Human Rights at U.N. Meeting, September 12, 2006

• Sudan Urged To Accept U.N. Peacekeepers, September 11, 2006

• New Human Rights Council Sessions Disappointing, Says State Official, September 6, 2006

• United States Urges Sudan To Accept New U.N. Peacekeepers, August 31, 2006

• State's Frazer Tells Sudanese President U.N. Force Is Necessary, August 29, 2006

• United States Pressing for U.N. Peacekeepers in Darfur, August 28, 2006

• United States Condemns Violence in Darfur, August 10, 2006

• United States Still Pursuing Peace in Darfur, State's Bolton Says, July 27, 2006

• Sudanese Leader Confers with Bush, Rice on Peace Agreement, July 20, 2006

• U.S. Cherishes Individual Rights, Official Tells U.N. Committee, July 17, 2006

• Kuwaiti Women Remain Determined After Landmark Election, June 29, 2006

• Supreme Court Finds Military Commissions Unconstitutional, June 29, 2006

• U.N. Council Must Address Rights Violations in Mideast, Sudan, June 26, 2006

• United States Will Work with New U.N. Human Rights Council, June 21, 2006

• On World Refugee Day, United States Leads World in Darfur Aid, June 20, 2006

• Fact Sheet: World Refugee Day: The United States Working to Advance Freedom and Human Dignity, June 19, 2006

• The Gambia Suspended from Millennium Challenge Compact Program, June 16, 2006

• Human Rights in Cuba Deteriorating, Says European Union, June 12, 2006

• State's Volker Defends International Election, Rights Monitor, May 18, 2006

• State's Zoellick Urges Global Support for Darfur Peace Accord, May 18, 2006

• U.S. Officials Urge Rebel Groups To Sign Darfur Peace Accord, May 18, 2006

• Security Council Expedites Planning for Darfur Peacekeepers, May 16, 2006

• United States Has Spent $1 Billion Feeding the Hungry in Darfur, May 11, 2006

• World Food Programme Thanks American People for Contributions, May 11, 2006

• Hospital Ship Mercy Sails Off to New Cooperative Mission, May 10, 2006

• U.N. Human Rights Council Members Elected, May 10, 2006

• U.S. To Send $10 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Palestinians, May 9, 2006

• World Mobilization Urged for Darfur Accord, Action, May 9, 2006

• Darfur Has Chance To "Begin Anew," but Situation "Remains Dire", May 8, 2006

• Fact Sheet: Darfur Agreement: A Step toward Peace, May 8, 2006

• President Discusses Peace Agreement in Sudan, May 8, 2006

• People of Darfur Urgently Need World's Help, U.N.'s Annan Says, May 5, 2006

• Situation at Darfur Peace Talks in Abuja "Still Evolving", May 5, 2006

• Statement on the Darfur Peace Agreement, May 5, 2006

• U.S. Hails Darfur Peace Accord, May 5, 2006

• U.S., U.N. Recommit to Ameliorating Darfur Humanitarian Crisis, May 5, 2006

• U.S., African Union, Others Working Hard for Agreement on Darfur, May 4, 2006

• Sudanese Government, Rebels Hold Key to Peace in Darfur, May 3, 2006

• U.S. Calls for Strong International Security Force for Darfur, May 1, 2006

• Holocaust Legacy Demands Opposing Evil, State's Zoellick Says, April 27, 2006

• U.S. Wants U.N. Human Rights Council to Work, State's Lagon Says, April 26, 2006

• United States Wants Darfur Peacekeeping Force Finalized, April 26, 2006

• U.N. Security Council Issues Sanctions Against Four Sudanese, April 25, 2006

• Director of New U.S. Aid Mission to Sudan Takes Oath of Office, April 20, 2006

• Increased Respect for Human Rights in China a U.S. Priority, April 19, 2006

• Improvement in Sudan Possible, State's Zoellick Says, April 13, 2006

• United States Still Urging Immediate End to Suffering in Darfur, April 10, 2006

• United States Will Not Seek Human Rights Council Seat, April 6, 2006

• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005-2006 Report - "U.S. Human Rights and Democracy Strategy", April 5, 2006

• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005-2006 Report - Europe and Eurasia, April 5, 2006

• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005-2006 Report - Preface, April 5, 2006

• U.S. Cites Attacks on Nongovernmental Groups as Rights Concern, April 5, 2006

• U.S. Initiatives Supports Democracy, Human Rights in Middle East, April 5, 2006

• U.S. To Monitor Effects of Russian Law on Nongovernment Groups, April 5, 2006

• United States Supports Human Rights and Democracy Worldwide, April 5, 2006

• United Nations Questions Sudanese Government Actions on Darfur, April 4, 2006

• Weekly Review of Developments in Human Rights and Democracy, March 31, 2006

• Vietnam Has Serious Human-Rights Deficiencies, Congressman Says, March 29, 2006

• U.S. Welcomes U.N. Renewal of Sudan Mission, March 24, 2006

• Sudan Hindering Humanitarian Assistance, March 20, 2006

• Representative Pelosi Praises Bush for Forthright Stand on Darfur, March 17, 2006

• Sudan, U.N. Create National Authority To Rid Country of Mines, March 15, 2006

• U.S. Will Work with New U.N. Human Rights Council, March 15, 2006

• U.S. Praises African Union's Support for U.N. Operation in Darfur, March 10, 2006

• Some Progress Made in Sudan, but Darfur Remains in Crisis, March 9, 2006

• Secretary Condoleezza Rice Briefing on The State Department's 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices , March 8, 2006

• State Department Releases 2005 Human Rights Country Reports, March 8, 2006

• Bush Says Women's Empowerment Strengthens Emerging Democracies, March 7, 2006

• Iraqi, Afghan Women in Washington To See U.S Democracy Firsthand, March6, 2006

• State Department To Release Annual Human Rights Report, March 6, 2006

• Press Group Warns of Renewed Attack on Free Expression in Cuba, March 2, 2006

• United States Continues To Press for Action on Darfur, March 1, 2006

• Sudan Sanctions Stalled, U.S. Envoy Bolton Says, February 27, 2006

• U.S. Wants New Negotiations on U.N. Human Rights Council, February 27, 2006

• U.N. Has Opportunity To Create More Credible Human Rights Body, February 23, 2006

• Social Change Brings Freedom, Justice, State's Hughes Says, February 18, 2006

• Bush, Secretary-General Annan Discuss Sudan, U.N. Reform, February 13, 2006

• U.S. Urges Support for Its Human Rights Council Proposals, February 9, 2006

• President Bush Addresses Coretta King Memorial Service, February 7, 2006

• U.S. Funding To Assist People of Sudan Tops $1 Billion, February 3, 2006

• U.S. Goals in Sudan Include Peace, Aid Access, Strengthening AU, February 3, 2006

• United States Concerned About Zimbabwe's Human Rights Situation, February 3, 2006

• Coretta Scott King Dead at 78, January 30, 2006

• President Bush Declares African American History Month, January 27, 2006

• U.S. Says Russian NGO Law Does Not Meet Human Rights Commitments, January 26, 2006

• United States Not Trying To Shrink U.N., State's Lagon Says, January 26, 2006

• Sudan May Become "Humanitarian Catastrophe," U.N. Official Warns, January 24, 2006

• Bush Says Iraqi Police Receiving Human Rights Training, January 23, 2006

• Bush Honors Civil Rights Activists on U.S. National Holiday, January 16, 2006

• Free Election in Liberia Marks Hopeful Future, Says Rice, January 16, 2006

• Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Movement Called Freedom. January 2006

• President Bush Issues Martin Luther King Day Proclamation, January 16, 2006

• Reform on the Way for Liberia, says U.S. Secretary of State, January 16, 2006

• Liberia Exemplifies Women's Growing Empowerment, First Lady Says, January 15, 2006

• Darfur Aid "Too Little Too Late," U.N. Envoy to Sudan Says, January 13, 2006

• U.S. Welcomes Moroccan Report Addressing Human Rights Violations, January 13, 2006

• United Nations Discussing Worsening Conditions in Darfur, January 12, 2006

• United States Pressing for Strong New U.N. Human Rights Council, January 11, 2006