Grace Melton is The Heritage Foundation's senior associate for international social issues. She is part of the think tank's DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family.
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On Dec. 10, the United Nations will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document drafted in the aftermath of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Two politicians from Mexico traveled last week to Washington, D.C., to share chilling stories of how their left-wing government is punishing them for speaking out… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nations’ independent “expert” on sexual orientation and gender identity, capped off “Pride Month” in June with his annual report to the Human… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The leftist ideologues at the Biden administration’s foreign aid agency have just drafted a new policy on gender. The U.S. Agency for International Development is… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Victor Madrigal-Borloz may be the most consequential bureaucrat you’ve never heard of. Madrigal-Borloz is the “SOGI czar” at the United Nations. Or, more precisely, he… Read More
InternationalCommentary
It seems that President Joe Biden’s State Department has decided it must do even more to shame countries into normalizing same-sex relations. The State Department… Read More
InternationalCommentary
You may have missed this year’s Earth Day on April 22, what with historic inflation and a war in Ukraine vying for media attention. But… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Congress is considering several bills that would warp how the U.S. applies sanctions—through the Global Magnitsky Act—against foreigners who violate human rights. The changes would… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The United Nations’ annual Commission on the Status of Women concluded last week in New York. Delegates and activists from around the world met to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on the so-called Global Respect Act (HR 3485), which would impose sanctions on foreigners, including private citizens,… Read More
