Human Rights

• September 30, 2025

  Release of the 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report

  The State Department recently released the 25th edition of its Trafficking in Persons Report, which “pushes countries to take serious action against forced labor and sex trafficking and ensures that those who fail to act face consequences."

• September 15, 2025

  US Votes No on UN New York Declaration

  The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted recently to support a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The vote was 142-10 with 12 abstentions. The United States was one of the 10 states that voted against the non-binding resolution, known as the New York Declaration.

• September 10, 2025

  Taliban Regime Violates Human Rights

  The Taliban regime in Afghanistan committed serious violations of human rights during 2024 according to a recent report by the State Department.

• September 09, 2025

  Serious Human Rights Abuses in China

  Serious human rights abuses continued in China during 2024, according to the State Department’s recent Human Rights Report.

• September 05, 2025

  Serious Human Rights Abuses Continue in Iran

  “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s already severe restrictions on human rights worsened in a number of areas during” 2024, according to the recently released State Department Report on Human Rights.

• September 03, 2025

  The Maduro Regime Continues to Violate Human Rights

  The human rights situation in Venezuela significantly worsened in the last year, according to the recently released 2024 State Department Human Rights Report.

• August 28, 2025

  Human Rights Abuses Continue in Cuba

  Significant human rights abuses continue in Cuba, according to the newly released 2024 State Department Report on Human Rights. These include violence and intimidation against dissidents with impunity, while families of political prisoners face retaliation for their advocacy.

• August 27, 2025

  Severe Religious Persecution Continues in Nicaragua

  Under the regime of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo religious persecution has continued to escalate.

• August 26, 2025

  Violence From All Sides in the DRC Must Cease

  Violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, goes "against the spirit and the letter of both the bilateral DRC-Rwanda peace agreement and the DRC-[March 23 Movement] declaration of principles,” said Ambassador Dorothy Shea, Acting U.S. Representative to the United Nations.

• August 22, 2025

  US Sanctions Additional ICC Members for Lawfare

  The International Criminal Court, or ICC, “continues to disregard national sovereignty and facilitate lawfare through efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, and prosecute American and Israeli nationals,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a post on X.

• August 20, 2025

  US Urges South Sudan Leaders to Recommit to Peace

  “It is deeply disappointing that the transitional government of South Sudan has yet to deliver the peace and stability the people of South Sudan deserve,” said Ambassador Dorothy Shea, Acting U.S. Representative to the United Nations.

• August 15, 2025

  Sanctioning Those Involved in Cuba's Medical Mission Scheme

  The State Department has imposed visa restrictions on African, Cuban, Grenadian, and Brazilian government officials, and their family members, for their part in the Cuban regime’s medical mission scheme.

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