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Chair of Pompeo Human Rights Commission Dismisses Concerns Without Allaying Fears

Mary Ann Glendon, the Harvard University law professor who chairs the new Commission on Unalienable Rights that was created by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, was interviewed for the Lawfare podcast in a segment that was published on Saturday. The initial announcement of the new commission in May, a

Pompeo’s ‘Natural Law’ Commission Gives Anti-LGBTQ Activists ‘Extraordinary Opening,’ Says Brian Brown

Anti-LGBTQ-equality activist Brian Brown declared in a message to supporters on Thursday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s new “Commission on Unalienable Rights” provides Brown’s International Organization for the Family with “an extraordinary opening to push for clear and consistent r

Pompeo Launches ‘Natural Law’ Commission Designed to Limit Human Rights ‘Inflation’

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally announced the formation of a new Commission on Unalienable Rights, which will bypass the State Department’s existing human rights infrastructure and bring a “natural law” lens to examining U.S. human rights policy.