On Wednesday, I conducted a hearing to examine China's human-rights record. Over the years, I have held more than 25 hearings on human-rights abuses in China and although some economic progress has been made, the human-rights situation remains abysmal. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, Chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees Global Human Rights, led a hearing earlier today that examined China’s human rights record – including areas such as China’s compliance with international labor standards, censorship of the internet, implementation of the right of Chinese citizens to worship freely, and the destructive effects on Chinese society of its government’s coercive one-child policy. Read more

The Subcommittee will come to order, and good morning to everyone. Today’s hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations will examine China’s human rights record, especially such areas as China’s censorship of the internet, implementation of the right of Chinese citizens to worship freely, protection of minority rights, compliance with international labor standards, China’s barbaric practice of organ harvesting, and the destructive effects on Chinese society – especially on women - of its government’s coercive one-child policy. Read more

The House of Representatives today passed H. Con Res 320, a resolution written by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Subcommittee that oversees global human rights, calling on the government of Vietnam to immediately release Dr. Pham Hong Son and other political prisoners. Read more

The House of Representatives today passed H. Res. 578, legislation authored by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ). The resolution expresses the sense of the House that the Government of Romania should “amend its child welfare and adoption laws to decrease barriers to adoption, both domestically and inter-country, including by allowing inter-country adoption by persons other than biological grandparents.” Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations praised HR 3127, The Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006, sponsored by Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL), Chairman of the House International Relations Committee. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Subcommittee that oversees global human rights and international operations, issued the following statement after a Senate resolution opposing US participation in the newly formed United National Human Rights Council was introduced: Read more

U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, today called a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) “biased and incomplete.” “This GAO group did not even go to Uganda, the country that pioneered the ABC model which has helped to reduce the rate HIV/AIDS from 15 percent to 4 percent from 1991 to 2004.” said Smith, who visited Uganda in January... Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, Chairman of the subcommittee that oversees global human rights, praised the passage of House Resolution 736, which called for religious freedom in Afghanistan. Read more

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, today denounced the Nigerian government’s failure to ensure the secure transfer of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Smith said that the events surrounding Taylor’s disappearance have enabled “a war criminal to escape from justice.” Read more