US Should Focus on Rights for All, Not Rights for Some

Click to expand Image A monitor displays the words "Commission on Unalienable Rights" behind Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as he speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, July 15, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool A long-awaited draft report from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights has confirmed the concerns of Human Rights Watch and dozens of other rights groups. The report busies itself with “concern” about a “proliferation” of human rights claims and standards. But the biggest crisis facing human rights is not diverse…

Read complete article

~	Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers

~	A new dash for copper is underway - how will it play out? Expert Q&A

~	Why does it feel so cold in the UK right now – and when will it warm up?

~	Artificial sweetener could harm your gut and the microbes that live there – new study

~	Gaza war: ‘no evidence’ of Hamas infiltration of UN aid agency, says report – but US and UK dither on funding while famine takes hold

~	Five books by Maryse Condé to introduce you to the award-winning Guadeloupian writer

~	How maps are used and abused in times of conflict

~	African Governments Falling Short on Healthcare Funding

~	Guinea Massacre Trial Enters Final Stage

~	Kenyan doctors’ strike: the government keeps failing to hold up its end of the bargain