FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 6, 2020 Unalienable Rights Commission Intent on Privileging Religious Freedom Over Other Rights, Appears Set to Provide Trump Administration Roadmap to Deny Equal…
Read moreThe Council for Global Equality urges LGBTI organizations and advocates around the world to submit human rights information to U.S. embassies for the State Department’s annual reports on…
Read moreTo the Council for Global Equality, the protection of human rights globally is hardly a luxury. It’s integral to democratic values, to humanitarian values, and to the genuine…
Read moreThe State Department’s annual country human rights reports were released today, to little fanfare. And the news of the day – Paul Manafort’s sentencing and his parallel indictment…
Read moreRarely does the Council wade into matters beyond its immediate concern for the human rights of LGBTI people around the world. But we cannot be silent when President…
Read moreLast December, U.S. Senators John McCain and Ben Cardin sent a letter to President Trump on the anniversary of Human Rights Day, urging him to “recommit our country…
Read moreUnder fire for his relationship with Vladimir Putin, President Trump nonetheless will meet with the Russian despot on July 16 in Helsinki, and he has said that it…
Read moreAs Pride season ends, some reflections come to mind – less on Pride celebrations per se than on this Administration’s approach to global LGBTI fairness and equality. Our…
Read moreIn announcing the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw U.S. participation from the UN Human Rights Council, Secretary of State Pompeo decried the Council as being “…an exercise in…
Read moreMay 17, 2018 The global theme for this year’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) is “alliances for solidarity.” With that in mind, the Council for…
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