U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday launched a panel to re-examine the...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday launched a panel to re-examine the role of human rights in U.S. foreign policy, drawing criticism from lawmakers and activists who said it was an attempt to minimize abortion and gay rights.
Pompeo, who did not take questions from reporters, said international institutions built to protect human rights had drifted from their mission. “This politicization of human rights in order to, what appears to be an attempt to further hateful policies aimed at women and LGBTQ people, is shameful,” Amnesty International USA’s Joanne Lin said in a statement.
After being introduced by Pompeo, Glendon said the commission would “do our very best to carry out your marching orders and to do so in a way that will assist you in your difficult task of transmuting principle into policy.” The focus of the commission on “natural law” was language sometimes used to justify policies that discriminate against marginalized populations, he said.
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