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  • President Obama with community service project volunteers (AP Images)

    Civil society, President Obama has said, "is the conscience of our communities." But what is civil society, exactly? View the photo gallery to learn more.

  • Aung San Suu Kyi (left), Liu Xiaobo (right) and human rights activists in Zimbabwe (center) (AP Images)

    While upholding human rights faces challenges , there is reason to hope, thanks to the courage of people like Aung San Suu Kyi, Liu Xiaobo, and many others.

  • Participants in a candlelight vigil (AP Images)

    "Freedom, justice, and peace for the world must begin with basic security and liberty in the lives of individual human beings." - President Obama

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    In 1948, the United Nations formally defined human rights. Learn more about that historic action.

Civil Society Now

  • Governments alone cannot build strong democracies, thriving economies or stable societies; it is the people themselves — especially the civil society organizations — that bring people together.

Thoughts on Civil Society

  • A vibrant and free civil society is crucial to democracy. America.gov asked civic activists to discuss their work.

On the Record

Quote BeginningCivil society … undergirds both democratic governance and broad-based prosperity.End Quote

— Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

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