Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

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United States Department of State position United States government office

The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor is a senior U.S. State Department official responsible for promoting democracy, protecting human rights, and advancing labor rights in U.S. foreign policy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor canonical	1
United States Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of State position ⓘ United States government office ⓘ
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
collaboratesWith	United States Agency for International Development ⓘ surface form: United States Agency for International Development on democracy and governance programs United States Department of Labor on international labor issues ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
goal	to align U.S. foreign policy with international human rights standards ⓘ to combat discrimination and persecution based on religion, ethnicity, or belief ⓘ to promote freedom of expression and association worldwide ⓘ to promote safe and fair working conditions globally ⓘ to support free and fair elections abroad ⓘ
heads	Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor ⓘ
legalBasis	derives authority from U.S. federal law and delegations from the Secretary of State ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
nominatedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
oversees	democracy assistance programs ⓘ human rights advocacy programs ⓘ labor rights promotion programs ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of State ⓘ
policyArea	civil society support ⓘ democracy promotion ⓘ human rights ⓘ labor rights ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ rule of law ⓘ trafficking in persons ⓘ worker rights in global supply chains ⓘ
rank	Assistant Secretary ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Secretary of State ⓘ
responsibleFor	advancing labor rights in U.S. foreign policy ⓘ advising the Secretary of State on democracy and human rights issues ⓘ developing policies on international labor rights ⓘ engaging foreign governments on human rights concerns ⓘ integrating human rights concerns into U.S. foreign policy ⓘ monitoring global human rights conditions ⓘ overseeing preparation of the International Religious Freedom Report ⓘ overseeing preparation of the Trafficking in Persons Report ⓘ overseeing preparation of the U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices ⓘ promoting democracy in U.S. foreign policy ⓘ protecting human rights in U.S. foreign policy ⓘ representing the United States in multilateral human rights forums ⓘ supporting civil society organizations abroad ⓘ supporting democratic institutions abroad ⓘ
worksWith	U.S. embassies ⓘ surface form: United States embassies and consulates international organizations on democracy and human rights issues ⓘ non-governmental organizations on human rights and labor issues ⓘ other regional and functional bureaus of the U.S. Department of State ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harold Hongju Koh → positionHeld → Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor ⓘ

Elliott Abrams → positionHeld → Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs