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U.S. Secretary of State launched the Trump administration’s new “Commission on Unalienable Rights.” The commission is more likely to promote an anti-rights agenda, warns article co-authored by HRI Co-Faculty Director Sarah Knuckey.

“It is difficult to keep up with all that the new administration is doing that threatens human rights,” New Yorker article quotes Human Rights Law Review's "Trump Human Rights Tracker," which provides regular updates on the Administration’s actions.

The State Department’s new commission [on unalienable rights] represents a right-wing attack on America’s human rights traditions, warn HRI Faculty Co-Director Sarah Knuckey, and co-authors Margaret Sattherwaite and Jayne Huckerby.

Since 1999, the U.S. government has published data on foreign military units it has trained. Today, the Security Force Monitor released a new version of this data, and a simple tool with which to search it.

HRI is seeking applicants for the following positions: Director or Legal Fellow for the Project on Counterterrorism, Armed Conflict, and Human Rights, Program Manager, and Human Rights Clinic Program Administrator. Check out our opportunities page for…

Faculty Co-Director Sarah Cleveland denounces Belgium's rejection of an Uighur family reunification case and putting them at risk of torture. The Muslim mother and four children were abducted by China's police after leaving Belgium's embassy in Beijing.