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GENEVA 鈥� The United States today was absent from a presentation (starting at 2:25:05) at the United Nations Human Rights Council by Special Rapporteur on Education Farida Shaheed detailing her findings from a visit to the U.S. studying political interference in education. As part of her findings, Shaheed expressed concerns with the 鈥渁uthoritarian encroachment on universities, where state power is increasingly used to penalise dissent, shape curricula and restrict open inquiry.鈥� The report also calls on the U.S. to uphold academic freedom, recognize education as a fundamental human right, end censorship and the politicization of content, promote assembly rights and academic freedom in the context of protest in support of Palestinian rights, and prioritize mental health over punitive discipline. Jamil Dakwar, director of the 吃瓜直播鈥檚 Human Rights Program, had the following reaction to the U.S.鈥� absence: "The United States鈥� decision to boycott today鈥檚 presentation by the U.N. expert on education to the Human Rights Council and her critical report on political interference in U.S. education, coupled with the continuing crackdowns on free speech and the autonomy of academic institutions, represents another dangerous low point in the Trump administration鈥檚 attack on basic human rights. 鈥淭he White House鈥檚 disengagement with U.N. human rights mechanisms and attempts to force schools and universities to bend to the administration鈥檚 will ultimately risk the erasure of hard-fought achievements promoting equal and quality education, free speech, and academic freedom.鈥� Under the Trump administration, the United States has disengaged with the Human Rights Council and other international institutions, and has launched one of the most abusive and aggressive assaults on human rights in U.S. presidential history

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WASHINGTON 鈥� Two U.S. human rights advocates are challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 executive order imposing sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). As the lawsuit explains, these sanctions violate the First Amendment by prohibiting the advocates, and other Americans like them, from speaking with the ICC鈥檚 Office of the Prosecutor, including by providing legal advice, expert analysis, and evidence. 鈥淭he International Criminal Court is where victims of grave human rights violations turn when national legal systems fail to provide justice,鈥� said Charlie Hogle, staff attorney with 吃瓜直播鈥檚 National Security Project. 鈥淏locking our clients and others like them from doing their human rights work is unconstitutional.鈥� Under the executive order, people in the U.S. who鈥檝e devoted their lives to seeking justice for the victims of atrocities鈥攍ike the genocide of Myanmar鈥檚 Rohingya people, or gender-based violence committed against Afghan women under the Taliban鈥攃ould face stiff penalties simply for exercising their constitutional right to engage and advocate with ICC investigators and prosecutors. 鈥淏ecause of this order, I鈥檝e been forced to stop helping the ICC investigate horrific crimes committed against the people of Myanmar, including mass murder, torture, and human trafficking,鈥� said Matthew Smith, co-founder and CEO of Fortify Rights. 鈥淭his Executive Order doesn鈥檛 just disrupt our work鈥攊t actively undermines international justice efforts and obstructs the path to accountability for communities facing unthinkable horrors.鈥� Matthew Smith and Akila Radhakrishnan are suing because the executive order forced them to stop working with the ICC鈥檚 Office of the Prosecutor and indefinitely paused their efforts to hold leading rights violators accountable for horrific crimes. As the lawsuit explains, the First Amendment does not allow the government to impose such sweeping limits on what Americans can say, and to whom they can say it. 鈥淰ictims of the Taliban鈥檚 oppression can鈥檛 rely on their own courts for justice. That鈥檚 why they turn to the ICC, and why it's so important for me to be able to partner with them in their fight for justice and accountability,鈥� said Akila Radhakrishnan, an international human rights lawyer. 鈥淚鈥檓 bringing this suit to prevent my own government from punishing me for trying to hold the Taliban accountable for its systematic violence against women and girls from Afghanistan.鈥� The international community, including the United States, established the ICC in 1998 to help maintain international peace and security. The ICC investigates and prosecutes crimes of the severest magnitude鈥攊ncluding genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes鈥攚hen domestic courts are unwilling or unable to do so. Today, 125 countries have joined the ICC鈥檚 founding treaty, known as the 鈥淩ome Statute.鈥� As the lawsuit explains, although the United States has not ratified the Rome Statute, it has supported the ICC鈥檚 critical work on a wide range of matters. This lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maine by the 吃瓜直播 and 吃瓜直播 of Maine on behalf of Matthew Smith and Akila Radhakrishnan. In 2020, when President Trump imposed similar sanctions, the 吃瓜直播 sued on behalf of human rights experts who were forced to stop working with the ICC. Our clients withdrew their lawsuit when President Joe Biden rescinded the sanctions, but a federal court in a separate suit agreed the sanctions likely violated the First Amendment.

Donald Trump has positioned his administration to launch one of the most abusive and aggressive assaults on human rights in U.S. presidential history.