What is the difference in eight years. During President Trump’s first term, then-sen. Marco Rubio pushes the president to expand his human rights to the agenda. Rubio acknowledged that the development of human rights abroad is in national interest. she The President is encouraged To teach an assistant secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor – known as DRL – after the remaining vacancy for almost two years. He sponsored women, acts of peace and security (ensure that the US includes women’s conflicts), talking against the intervention of gay mils in Chechna and co-sponsored the Labor Labor.
So it was surprised that it was as secretary to the state, Rubio rebuke the abomination of human rights and global justice programs. Rubio knows this decision, a disaster in most state departments that he contemplates, weaken the law enforcement that he has previously entered. It is also not decisive decades of foreign policy and leave the world a more dangerous and unjust place. Congress should use its permission and spending powers to protect this work.
We are talking from experience. We represent the Alliance for diplomacy and justiceAn organization of the former state senior department instructed by the development of human rights and criminal justice worldwide, and resistance of human trafficking. If the proposed “reorganization of the DRL”, critical infrastructure and skill, taken decades and large political behavior, disappear. It will also send a heavy message to the world, and to Americans: The US does not see the quests for similarity, justice to global as imperial foreign policies.
Rubio’s plan to shutters most of the state department offices offered by human rights and withdrawing a Estimated 80% on the drl staff, most of them are experts of human rights and democracy. In a new Post PostHe claims that these civil servants have become “left wings) are sure that he knows that they have commitment to serve the US government in any administration.
Rubio may say he does not eliminate the DRL, but by inhale all the functions of the policy, which limits it Dispens the minimized humanitarian ones And lowers its ability to influence policy debates, his plan is the last nail in the coffin where the Trump administration has destroyed the work of human rights to America.
If hard foreign policy debates are initiated at the highest level, there are no US experts in the specialist table of human rights issues. Although we know it is important that foreign policy decisions are balancing the constant tension between human rights and economic and geopolitical issues.
DRL disruption means many important initiatives to stop whole. As an example, the bureau used to fund a global network of civil society organizations working to capture children in Iraq. If no intervention, these children and their mothers (always victims themselves) become infinitely trapped in refugtes and terrorist recruitment camps. This saves work – made by Americans by disturbing the cycle of anti-American extremism – made at a small cost of taxpayers. Today this cautious form of network is likely to disintegrate, which empowers the enemies at night and cannot prevent victims of Islamic extremism.
Per plan, some DRL offices have been rebranded to ideological lines. The International Labor Office Affairs can be offices of free markets and fair work, said American workers first. But a different message is clear: The State Department has rebelled efforts to avoid working with man, however such functions have difficulties with a global economy.
Trumper’s foreign policy that is different from human rights rights caused by their convertible opponent. For example, Rubio plans to cancel the role of Special representative for racial equity and justice The Biden administration has been made – a long position given the important role of racial injustice in countries around the world (including our own). Now the department Racist in narrated Regarding “allies of civilization” and asserted that human rights came from “Western values.”
That commitment is offensive, dangerous and wrong. For beginnings, the human rights flagship is the UN’s Global Expressing human rights. Human rights labels “only encourage dictators around the world of false claims that efforts are a Brokjan horse for the Trojan imperialism for imperialism for the imperialism of activists in the activists in the activists in the activists in the activists of the activists in the activists in the activists of the reactions of the activists in the imperial regimen in the imperial regimen. people guilty – can be a death penalty.
The Rubio Overhaul in the State Department may not revise as administrative management tactics elsewhere for US development for international development. But his plan – and his weak and unrelenting reason for it – should increase alarms because foreign policy policies and vice versations. In fact, we fear America’s withdrawal from human rights and democracy of the global stage is a preview for further criticism to come here at home.
Congress must decide if Secretary Rubio approves offices fighting for human rights and justice, a plan that Sen. Rubio quickly rejected for no one year ago. While the US contributes to the inspiring enemies, raised authority and increasing inheritance in the Middle East and in countries that are more likely to emphasize the world and we need more.
Desirée Cormier Smith is the former representative of the State Department of Eleto State Department for Rasa equity and justice. Kelly M. Fay Rodríguez is former representative representative for international labor activity, and bet v v vet schaack the former ambassador for the world’s criminal work. The entire list of alliance builders for diplomacy and justice is available to The thelallyfordeplomacyandentice.org.
