Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND TO BE A VITAL VOICE STANDING UP FOR OUR NATION'S MOST IMPORTANT VALUES OF DECENCY, DIGNITY, FREEDOM, AND JUSTICE IN EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD.
STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND PROMOTE GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2009 BY THE LANTOS FOUNDATION TO RAISE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE INCALCULABLE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. RECIPIENTS OF THE PRIZE MEDAL ARE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO THROUGH ACTION AND "VOICE" WORK TIRELESSLY, UNSELFISHLY AND WITHOUT PERSONAL GAIN TO ADVANCE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE, OFTEN AT TIMES RESULTING IN EXTRAORDINARY PERSONAL SACRIFICE.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - FREEDOM OF RELIGION, CONSCIENCE, AND BELIEF IS A VITAL HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE FROM WHICH OTHER FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS DERIVE, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSOCIATION, AND ASSEMBLY. THIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IS UNDER ENORMOUS ASSAULT WITH AN ESTIMATED 70% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVING IN COUNTRIES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY RESTRICT THIS BASIC RIGHT. THROUGH OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PROGRAMMING WHICH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, OUR SOLIDARITY SABBATH INITIATIVE, INTERNET FREEDOM AND THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT THROUGH SUPPORT OF AND PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL CONFERENCES AND PANELS WITH WORLD LEADERS AND OTHER STAKE HOLDERS WE SEEK TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THIS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT ACROSS THE GLOBE.
CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - TO GIVE YOUNG SCHOLARS AND FUTURE LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THE U.S. CONGRESS AND GAIN A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND HOW HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSLATE INTO REAL POLICY SOLUTIONS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Dr Katrina Lantos Swett | PRESIDENT, CEO | 40 | $75,935 |
| Denise L Perron | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $74,282 |
| Tomicah Tillemann | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Paul Schnapper | CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
| Danny Ayalon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Philip Friedman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Evelyn Szelenyi | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Richard N Swett | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Annette Lantos | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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