Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) is a bipartisan body of the United States House of Representatives. Its stated mission is "to promote, defend and advocate internationally recognized human rights norms in a nonpartisan manner, both within and outside of Congress, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant human rights instruments."
Tom Lantos, co-founder of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Thomas Peter Lantos was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 11th congressional district until 1993, and from then the 12th congressional district, which both included the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of the southwestern part of San Francisco after redistricting.
Tom Lantos
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Lantos
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Tom and Annette Lantos
Presenting the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal, 2007