,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #edj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#aj1 #bjbe,mr4 ,coons 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,tillis7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,recognizing ,human       
,rights ,day on ,december #aj1 #bjbe1   
and commemorating the #ggth anniversary 
of the ,universal ,declaration of ,human
 ,rights and the ,celebration of ,human 
,rights ,day4  ,whereas the ,senate     
passed ,s4 ,res4 #gca during the #aaeth 
,congress1 which designated ,december   
#aj1 #bjah1 as ,human ,rights ,day2     
,whereas ,december #aj1 #bjbe1 marks the
 #ggth anniversary of the adoption of   
the ,universal ,declaration of ,human   
,rights1 which was adopted by the       
,united ,nations ,general ,assembly on  
,december #aj1 #aidh2 ,whereas the      
,universal ,declaration of ,human       
,rights is a landmark document that     
represents the first comprehensive      

agreement among countries regarding the 
inalienable rights and freedoms of all  
human beings2 ,whereas the state of     
global human rights and civil liberties 
has declined during the past #b decades1
 with ,freedom ,house notably tracking  
#ai consecutive years of decline in     
rights and freedoms around the world2   
,whereas ,freedom ,house reports that   
political rights and civil liberties    
diminished in #bjbd in #fj countries and
 improved in only #cd countries2        
,whereas the ,human ,rights ,funders    
,network reported that major cuts to    
foreign aid programs promoting human    
rights is projected to decline by up to 
#a1ijj1jjj1jjj annually by #bjbf2       
,whereas conflict and suffering         
continues in ,sudan1 ,yemen1 the        
,central ,african ,republic1 ,ukraine1  
the ,middle ,east1 ,haiti1 and other    
countries and territories2 ,whereas the 
,department of ,state estimates that    
#a1jjj1jjj individuals are unjustly     
behind bars as political prisoners for  

exercising human rights and fundamental 
freedoms because of their race1         
religion1 or ethnicity1 or due to their 
private relationships2 ,whereas         
authoritarian regimes continue to       
imprison innocent civilians2 ,whereas   
religious minorities1 religious freedom 
advocates1 and missionaries are unjustly
 targeted1 detained1 and repressed for  
exercising their freedom to believe or  
not to believe2 ,whereas1 in many       
countries1 political opposition figures 
and civil society members continue to be
 unjustly detained for their role in    
demanding free and fair elections and   
leading peaceful democratic protests in 
opposition to illiberal regimes2        
,whereas anti-corruption prosecutors and
 pro-democracy activists are arbitrarily
 imprisoned on baseless charges for     
their advocacy of greater judicial      
independence and transparency in        
countries where judicial systems are    
weaponized against human rights         
advocates2 ,whereas authoritarian       

governments and non-state actors around 
the world enforce systems of impunity   
and discrimination to systematically    
dismantle women's and girls' access to  
their civil liberties and imprison      
female human rights defenders2 ,whereas 
journalists face political imprisonment 
for fighting to report the truth1       
advocating for greater protections for  
the freedom of the press1 and holding   
governments accountable to their        
citizens2 ,whereas awareness of human   
rights-- 7#a7 is essential to the       
realization of fundamental freedoms2    
7#b7 promotes equality among all people2
  7#c7 contributes to preventing        
conflict and human rights violations2   
7#d7 leads to communities that are more 
stable1 more secure1 and safer2 and     
7#e7 enhances participation in1 and     
resilience of1 fellow democracies2      
,whereas ,congress has a proud and      
consistent bipartisan history of        
promoting internationally recognized    
human rights2 and ,whereas ,december #aj

 of each year is celebrated globally as 
,human ,rights ,day3 ,now1 therefore1 be
 it ,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 designates 
,december #aj1 #bjbe1 as ,human ,rights 
,day and recognizes its global          
significance2  7#b7 recognizes the #ggth
 anniversary of the ,universal          
,declaration of ,human ,rights2  7#c7   
reaffirms the ,universal ,declaration of
 ,human ,rights2  7#d7 supports the work
 of civil society leaders and human     
rights defenders globally2  7#e7        
condemns the use of political           
imprisonment as a tool of repression to 
restrict civil liberties and human      
rights2  7#f7 calls upon governments    
around the world to immediately and     
unconditionally release political       
prisoners who are being unjustly        
detained for advocating for human rights
 and civil society2 and  7#g7 encourages
 the people of the ,united ,states--    
7,a7 to observe ,human ,rights ,day2 and
  7,b7 to continue their commitment to  
upholding freedom1 democracy1 and human 

rights around the world4