Jessica Stern and Desirée Cormier Smith Quoted

Human rights organizations are concerned with reports that the U.S. State Department has directed staff preparing its annual Country Reports on Human Rights not to use as resources civil society organizations or media outlets that promote the human rights of transgender, nonbinary, or intersex persons, racial justice or diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

The Alliance for Diplomacy and Justice deplores the Trump Administration’s latest Executive Order withdrawing the United States from dozens of international organizations and treaties while discrediting the United Nations and other multilateral mechanisms that are paramount to advancing human rights globally.

FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS AND HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS SLAM REDACTED AND MANIPULATED HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS THAT INVISIBILIZES ABUSE OF CERTAIN GROUPS