Secretary Clinton is in Myanmar to gauge recent reforms by the military-backed regime. Experts are calling for further democratization, including strengthening the rule of law and reconciliation with ethnic minority groups.

Amnesty International discusses how Egyptian human rights have been restricted by the military since Mubarak's ousting in February 2011.

The UN Human Rights Council issued this report on Syria on November 23, 2011. It states that "gross violations of human rights have been committed by Syrian military and security forces since the beginning of the protests in March 2011".

This UN Human Rights Council report was released on November 17, 2011. The summary states, "The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolution 17/19, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to commission a study documenting discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, and how international human rights law can be used to end violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity."

CFR's Mark P. Lagon discusses with students the problem of human trafficking in the world and what the United States can do to deter it.

The UN General Assembly passed resolution 62/149, regarding a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, on December 18, 2007.

The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly as resolution 63/117 on December 10, 2008.

The Protocol to the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees was adopted by the UN General Assembly as resolution 2198 on December 16, 1966 and entered into force on October 4, 1967.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation's Statute of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission was finalized at its Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting in Kazakhstan from June 28-30, 2011.

The Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography was adopted by the UN General Assembly resolution 54/263 on May 25, 2000 and entered into force on January 18, 2002.

The International Labour Organization states,

"Adopted in 1998, the Declaration commits Member States to respect and promote principles and rights in four categories, whether or not they have ratified the relevant Conventions.

These categories are: freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of forced or compulsory labour, the abolition of child labour and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation."

The Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War was signed in Geneva on July 27, 1929. The convention was a result of World War I, and was signed by 47 governments.

The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, was adopted by the UN General Assembly as resolution 44/128, dated December 15, 1989.

The Charter of the International Military Tribunal, also known as the the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal, was signed in London on August 8, 1945.

The UN International Convention to Protect All Persons from Enforced Disappearance was adopted by the UN General Assembly as resolution 61/177 on December 20, 2006 and entered into force on December 23, 2010.

The International Convention against Apartheid in Sports was adopted by the UN General Assembly as resolution 40/64 on December 10, 1985 and entered into force on April 3, 1988.

The International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid was adopted by the UN General Assembly as resolution 3068 on November 30, 1973 and entered into force on July 18, 1976.

The Convention on the Non-applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity was adopted by the UN General Assembly as resolution 2391 on November 26, 1968.

The Covenant on the Rights of the Child in Islam was adopted by the 32nd Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Sana'a, Yemen, in June 2005.

The ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers was adopted by the ASEAN heads of state at the 12th ASEAN Summit on January 13, 2007 in Cebu, Philippines.