Some were detained without cause, others harassed, but all 10 recipients of the State Department’s Global Human Rights Defender Awards share courage and commitment in making a more just world. “Protecting human rights defenders, in lockstep with our likeminded partners, is integral to U.S. foreign policy,” said Uzra Zeya, under secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 13 February, 2023 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
More than 80 international and domestic students gathered at the U.S. Department of State in Washington on June 29, to learn about human rights issues and how the State Department addresses humanitarian problems globally.
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 21 July, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
With Ukraine’s assent, the United States and 44 other countries invoked the OSCE Moscow Mechanism for a second time on June 2, establishing an expert mission to examine the further human rights abuses and humanitarian impacts of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. In the report released at today’s OSCE Permanent Council meeting, the mission ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 14 July, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights, OSCE
Today, Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Lisa Peterson hosted the 2022 U.S.-EU Human Rights Consultations in Washington, D.C. EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore led the European Union delegation for this series of meetings.
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 28 March, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
On November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) Day, the United States commemorates the work of women human rights defenders: all women and girls who work for human rights, all people who defend the rights of women and girls, and all people who defend the rights to be free from discrimination and violence on ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 29 November, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
In July, the people of Cuba bravely and spontaneously took to the streets to demand change from their government: respect for human rights, greater freedom of expression, and an end to economic mismanagement by an authoritarian regime that has failed to meet their most basic needs. The Cuban regime responded with violence, censorship, arrests, and ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 14 November, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
Since the earliest days of this Administration, President Biden has made clear that our foreign policy would be grounded in America’s most cherished democratic values: defending freedom, championing opportunity, upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms, respecting the rule of law, and treating everyone with dignity. He also promised to restore American engagement internationally and renew ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 14 October, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
At the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), September 13 – October 11, the United States advanced country-specific and thematic actions to promote greater respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls, LGBTQI+ persons, indigenous persons, members of ethnic and religious minority groups, older persons, and other marginalized ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 12 October, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
In the 80 years since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his Four Freedoms speech — citing freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear — the United States has made these democratic principles central to its foreign policy. Today, the United States continues to champion human rights as a critical component of ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 8 October, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
At the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), June 21 – July 14, the United States pushed forward on priority issues as an observer state while actively pursuing election to the Council for the 2022-2024 term. We continued to model the integrity we intend to bring to Council leadership, recognizing that we are most ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 14 July, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
U.S. charities are working to expand access to safe water in communities around the globe. For Isidora Calderon Vargas, a single mother in San Pedro, Bolivia, that means no longer spending 90 minutes each day carrying water to her home. Water for People, based in Denver, has worked in Bolivia since 1997 and in 2019 connected ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 4 May, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: charity, human rights
The United States is working with international partners to defend human rights worldwide as authoritarian regimes step up repression amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Standing for people’s freedom and dignity honors America’s most sacred values,” Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said March 30, announcing the release of the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. “At ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 6 April, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
World Social Justice Day encourages people to recognize the importance of basic rights and human freedom. As the world celebrates Social Justice Day on February 20, here’s a look at some of the injustices that authoritarian regimes in China, Iran and Venezuela inflict on their own people.
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 19 February, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: human rights
This conference is a particularly appropriate follow-up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day. As President Trump said: “Every generation must learn and apply the lessons of the Holocaust. We will stamp out prejudice. We will condemn hatred. We will bear witness and we will act.” Absent action, the sacred pledge of “Never again” can become empty ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 29 January, 2018 | Topics: Human Rights, News, U.S. & Italy | Tags: Anti-Semitism, human rights, religious freedom
