Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight

Under the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Right and Oversight has initial jurisdiction over legislation pertaining to :
 * implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other matters relating to internationally-recognized human rights, including sanctions legislation aimed at the promotion of human rights and democracy generally
 * parliamentary conferences and exchanges
 * the American Red Cross; and the United Nations, its affiliated agencies and other international organizations, including assessed and voluntary contributions to such organizations

Those aspects of these areas that come under the Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control Act, the Export Administration Act, and the provision of foreign assistance are under other subcommittees or the full committee.

The chairman is Bill Delahunt (D-Massachusetts) and the ranking minority member is Dana Rohrabacher (R-California).

In June and July 2009, it held hearings related to Uighurs and their nationalism, role in terrorism, and treatment by the government of China. It also held a hearing on TV Marti, a Spanish-language U.S. government broadcasting station, primarily targeted on Cuba.

Hearings about the Uighur detainees in Guantanamo have addressed more general aspects of Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the extrajudicial detention and intelligence interrogation policies and practices there.

It examined the practices of U.S. and multinational corporations in other countries.