February 4, 2021 – The Council for Global Equality welcomes today’s affirmation by President Biden of the primacy of robust diplomacy in American foreign policy. The President’s speech…
Read moreFebruary 3 – The Council for Global Equality applauds Sen. Markey and Rep. Lowenthal for reintroducing legislation to codify the State Department position of Special Envoy for the…
Read moreJanuary 27, 2021 – Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a nomination hearing for Linda Thomas-Greenfield to serve as our ambassador to the United Nations. Over the…
Read moreAs we celebrate the inauguration today, “a day of history and hope,” in a “winter of peril and significant possibilities,” in the words of President Biden’s inaugural address,…
Read moreJanuary 19, 2021 – Today the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a nomination hearing for our next Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. Given the unprecedented challenges facing…
Read moreOn Tuesday, Ugandan officials unjustly arrested celebrated human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo. In violation of Ugandan law as well as both international and African human rights law, the…
Read moreDecember 10, 2020—Today is International Human Rights Day, marking the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the birth of the modern human rights movement…
Read moreThe Council today released a new transition policy paper to encourage the incoming Biden-Harris Administration to adopt detailed proposals for each foreign affairs agency to center the rights…
Read moreThe Council for Global Equality, together with its leading human rights membership organizations, released a public letter today calling on House Democrats to vote for a new Congressional…
Read moreJuly 16, 2020 — The penny drops. Today, Mike Pompeo pompously unveiled a long-awaited report that could sharply limit our country’s advocacy for human rights around the world.…
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