Earlier this year, @AJWS sent a letter from 250+ Jewish clergy members calling on the Biden-Harris administration to center #HumanRights in U.S. foreign policy. In the first #100Days, the administration has: (tweet thread). https://bit.ly/2S4R0hI 
Recommitted to international cooperation & human rights by:
✅Rejoining the @UN_HRC, Paris Climate Agreement & @UNFPA
✅Rejecting the Trump administration’s harmful Commission on Unalienable Rights & Geneva Consensus Declaration
✅Nominating human rights champions to leadership
Advanced global sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide by:
✅Rescinding the draconian #GlobalGagRule
✅Issuing a strong statement of policy in support of #SRHR at home and abroad
✅Elevating international #LGBTQI+ rights and recognizing #TransDayOfVisibility
Begun to restore U.S. support for democracy, justice & #HumanRights by:
✅Holding human rights abusers accountable
✅ Supporting intl justice efforts in the wake of mass atrocities & revoking @IntlCrimCourt sanctions
✅ Working to protect civil & political rights globally
Confronted the international impacts of the #COVID-19 pandemic by:
✅Rejoining the @WHO
✅ Including robust funding for an international response in the #AmericanRescuePlan
We still have more work to do. The Biden-Harris admin must:
➡️Support bills to #RepealGlobalGag & #RepealHelms
➡️Increase funding to support #LGBTQI+ rights
➡️ Listen to activists & center #HumanRights in decisions #DemocracySummit
➡️Ensure equitable vaccine distribution 🌎
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