Media Tip Sheet: Leaked State Department drafts show U.S. plans to ease criticism of certain foreign nations


August 7, 2025

WASHINGTON (August  7, 2025)- Leaked drafts from the State Department show the U.S. plans to ease human rights criticisms of El Salvador, Israel, and Russia. The Washington Post reports, the scale back of reports is for “readability.”

For more context on the matter, please consider Rosa Celorio, Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies and Burnett Family Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in International and Comparative Law and Policy at the George Washington University Law School. Celorio is an expert on  International Law of Human Rights, International Law, and International Human Rights of Women. 


She can speak to the noteworthy impact on international law and international human rights law these eased criticisms could provide.

To speak with Dean Rosa Celorio, please contact Media Relations Specialist Shannon Mitchell at shannon [dot] mitchellatgwu [dot] edu (shannon[dot]mitchell[at]gwu[dot]edu).

-GW-