The State Department's Commission on Unalienable Rights Aims to Justify Discrimination Against Women, Girls, and LGBTQI people.
The Commission on Unalienable Rights is an advisory body created by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to advise on the role of human rights in US foreign policy. With a mandate to “provide fresh thinking” on human rights and distinguish between unalienable rights and those purportedly provided ad hoc, the Commission is as a thinly veiled attempt to re-write global human rights obligations and create a hierarchy that prioritizes freedom of religion at the expense of women, girls, and LGBTQI people.
Latest News and Analysis:
Commission Uses Religious Freedom to Justify Discrimination
September 3, 2020 | Analysis
Commission on Unalienable Rights Is an Assault on Human Rights, IWHC Says
August 27, 2020 | Press Release
IWHC: US Commission's Report Creates a False Hierarchy of Human Rights
July 30, 2020 | Public Submission to US Commission on Unalienable Rights
Human Rights Groups to US Court: State Dept. Commission Violates Law
June 9, 2020 | Amicus Brief
Human Rights Groups to US Commission: All Rights Are Indivisible
May 1, 2020 | Joint Statement
US Unalienable Rights Commission Shouldn’t Cherry-Pick Rights
May 1, 2020 | Press Release
IWHC: US Commission Must Promote and Uphold International System of Human Rights
April 23, 2020 | Public Submission to US Commission on Unalienable Rights
New Commission on Unalienable Rights Threatens Women’s and LGBTQI Rights
July 8, 2019 | Press Release
