Author: Elise Keppler

Elise Keppler is executive director of the Global Justice Center, a feminist human rights organization that leverages international law to advance gender equality. She is a human rights lawyer with two decades of experience working to advance justice for serious crimes committed in violation of international law — including sexual and gender-based violence — before domestic, hybrid and international courts.

The U.N. Should Condemn the U.S.’ Human Rights Record on Abortion

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The periodic United Nations review of the United States’ human rights record is coming up in November. With the Trump administration’s far-reaching, intensifying attacks, the timing could not be more opportune. Never have U.S. institutions, funding and initiatives that promote the rule of law, faced such an abject threat. This is a moment to shine a light on U.S. abuses on the global stage.