Thoughts from Across the Pond: Might Joe Biden take up the Mantle of Jimmy Carter?

Back in July, the London School of Economics ran this interesting blog analyzing the possibility that as President Joe Biden might re-assert human rights as a central component of US foreign policy. The Democratic National Convention, happening on-line this week, has so far given little evidence to support this. Jimmy Carter did speak to the convention on Tuesday evening, endorsing Biden’s candidacy. But the focus was on Biden’s character, rather than his policies. Instead, the most notable mention of human rights has come from the progressive voices in the party rather than the candidate or his surrogates.

Here at the Human Rights at Home blog, we’ll be listening and hoping for more as the Biden campaign and its policy proposals continue to coalesce.