The Trump Administration’s Assault on Assault Survivors
American anti-abortion zealots have been working hard in recent years to rewrite international human-rights law according to their hardline beliefs, and with support from the Trump administration, they are having increasing success. This trend threatens to upend hard-won agreement on definitions of human rights.
NEW YORK – The United Nations Security Council has just adopted a resolution aimed at ending the use of sexual violence as a weapon during war. This is a laudable goal, which the United States has long supported. But the resolution will do little to achieve it, and it is America’s fault.