Pompeo Announces New Human Rights Commission

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the creation of a new human rights commission during a press conference on Monday.

The Commission on Unalienable Rights will consist of "human rights experts, philosophers, and activists, Republicans, Democrats, and independents of varied backgrounds and beliefs," Pompeo said. Members of the commission will advise him on "human rights grounded in our nation's Founding principles and the principles of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights."

"It's a sad commentary on our times that more than 70 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, gross violations continue throughout the world, sometimes even in the name of human rights. International institutions designed and built to protect human rights have drifted from their original mission," Pompeo added.

The commission will address fundamental questions about the nature of human rights and how human rights should inform American foreign policy.