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Delahunty and Yoo: U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights Report Confirms Source of Trump Administration's Human Rights Policies
July 20, 2020
Writing in National Review Online, Robert Delahunty and John Yoo explain that the Draft Report of the U.S. State Department's Commision of Unalienable Rights evidences that the Trump Administration "seeks to base human rights in the Bible, the republicanism of the American Founding, and the evolution of freedom ever since," not in those human rights "blessed" by the United Nations.
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Advertising Giants Agree to Evaluate Mutual Definition of Hate Speech
July 20, 2020
The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), which includes advertising giants and big tech companies, is evaluating whether it is possible to develop an industry-wide standard, but non-binding, definition of what constitutes "hate speech."
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Williams Analyzes Impact of Recent U.S. State Department Communications on China's South China Sea Activities
July 20, 2020
In a Lawfare post, Robert Williams of Yale Law School analyzes the diplomatic impact of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent statement outlining the “U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea” and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell’s speech setting forth a bill of particulars concerning Chinese misdeeds in the South China Sea and beyond.
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U.S. Warns Firms About Sanctions for Work on Russian Pipelines
July 20, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo announced that sanctions will be placed on firms working on the installation of the Russian pipeline Nord Stream 2, calling the project “the Kremlin's key tool to exploit and expand European dependence on Russian energy supplies” that “ultimately undermine transatlantic security.”
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The Guardian: China Declares that Hong Kong Primaries for Pro-democracy Parties are Unlawful
July 20, 2020
The Chinese Government has declared primaries for pro-democracy parties "illegal" following an extraordinary turnout over the weekend in Hong Kong, with officials indicating that an investigation may be undertaken to determine whether candidate views against certain legislation violated national security laws.
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