Secretary of State Pompeo
- Samea Shanori and Fiona Shukri
- • March 25, 2020
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Afghan women’s inclusion in the current peace negotiations with the Taliban and the United States has become an international cause célèbre. But calls for participation of Afghan women without methodical, sustained and substantive engagement in a peace settlement has the…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • June 4, 2019
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In an audacious move that could be the capstone of the Trump administration’s campaign to reverse decades of American support for human rights globally, the State Department is creating a separate new commission to advise Secretary of State Mike…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Gender Violence, Human Rights, US Foreign Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • June 19, 2018
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In a long-expected decision, the United States announced it was withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the world body’s primary organ for promoting and protecting the rights of people worldwide. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and…
- Categories: Human Rights, Nikki Haley Watch, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations