Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
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The successor to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission is charged with the U.S. Congress' initiatives for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant human rights agreements, including:
It was named in honor of the late Rep. Tom Lantos (D-California), the only Holocaust survivor in Congress and the first human rights caucus founder. Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Virginia) is the Republican co-chair and James McGovern the Democratic co-chair. |