Stefano Gennarini, J.D.

Stefano Gennarini is the Vice President for Legal Studies at the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam).

He represents C-Fam at UN headquarters in New York and researches and writes on international law and policy for C-Fam, advising UN delegations and liaising with pro-family organizations around the world. He oversees the Edmund Burke Fellowship. His reports and commentary have appeared on Breitbart, the Congressional Research Quarterly, The Federalist, First Things, the National Catholic Register, and the Stream. He has been interviewed by the New York Times, NPR, Relevant Radio, the Washington Post and other news outlets.

Stefano earned a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School in Indiana in 2011 and was a Blackstone Legal Fellow in 2009. Before attending law school, Stefano trained to be a priest at the Redemptoris House of Formation in London and attended Heythrop College, University of London where he obtained a Bachelor in Theology. While in the United Kingdom, he also gained experience in editing and translations with the Catholic Truth Society (CTS).  Prior to earning a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, Stefano lived and worked in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Nigeria, the West Indies, and Israel. He is fluent in Italian and Spanish.

Stefano lives in New Jersey with his wife Elizabeth Marie, and their seven children. He stopped tweeting to spend more time with them.

ANALYSIS: Trump Changes Paradigm for Pro-Life Cause Globally

NEW YORK, April 18 (C-Fam) The Trump administration upended decades of UN social policy diplomacy last week at the UN Commission on Population and Development. A UN agreement on population policies that should have been adopted without a glitch was rejected by U.S. officials because of concerns about gender, global government, and abortion.

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Breaking: Europeans Furious the US has Blocked New UN Document

NEW YORK, April 11 (C-Fam) The U.S. government has blocked the adoption of the final agreement of the just-concluded UN population commission over “gender ideology.” This is seen as a…

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On the Hill, Democrats Defend Government-Backed Censorship of Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4 (C-Fam) Democrats defended federal programs that were used to censor Americans under the guise of conducting research to combat terrorism and disinformation.

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Argentina’s Milei Fights Alongside Trump Against Gender and DEI

NEW YORK, March 29 (C-Fam) The Trump administration has in Argentina’s Javier Milei an unexpected ally in fighting globalism, DEI and gender ideology at the international level, and Milei means business.

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U.S. Refuses to Join Declaration at UN Commission on Women

NEW YORK, March 21 (C-Fam) Feminists likely paid by Western governments booed when U.S. and Argentinian diplomats defended women’s rights and opposed gender ideology at the end of the annual UN conference on women’s issues today. They cheered for an EU statement in favor gender ideology instead.

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Hungary-EU Asks to Erase “Motherhood” at UN, Wants Gender-Ideology Term “Parenthood”

NEW YORK (C-Fam) Diplomats from Hungary asked member states to erase a reference to “motherhood” in UN negotiations for a declaration about women’s rights. They asked to use the gender neutral term “parenthood” instead. It is not clear to what degree Hungary spoke on its own behalf or on behalf of the other 26 EU member states or the EU bureaucracy.

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UN Commission Will Test Trump’s Resolve on Gender Ideology

NEW YORK, February 28 (C-Fam) The United Nations is soon to mark the 30th anniversary of the landmark 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. The Commission on the Status of Women will be a key occasion for Trump to undermine or otherwise disrupt the UN gender agenda.

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ANALYSIS: USAID Targeted Foreign Governments and Americans at Home

NEW YORK, February 21 (C-Fam) Many Americans are reeling after the White House Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) revealed in recent weeks that USAID spent hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to influence foreign elections and instigate revolutions in other countries. They are only now realizing what most of the world already knew.

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Trump Assault on Gender Ideology and DEI Shocks United Nations

NEW YORK, February 14 (C-Fam) The Trump administration launched several unprecedented attacks against gender ideology and DEI at the United Nations over the last two weeks, shocking European countries that promote homosexual/transgender issues.

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Trump Begins Shock and Awe Overhaul at USAID

NEW YORK, February 7 (C-Fam) For decades, pro-life and pro-family NGOs have been complaining about the radical nature of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Something is finally being done. The Trump administration has dramatically taken control of the agency this week. President Trump said the agency was run by “radical left lunatics” when confronted about it over the weekend.

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ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY

Will European Nationalists Ever Stop LGBT and Pro-Abortion EU Diplomacy?, Public Discourse (September 1, 2020)

Why the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights Should Not Ignore Abortion, Public Discourse (August 11, 2020)

Can Unalienable Rights Be Rescued from Human Rights?, Public Discourse (July 15, 2019)

The International Implications of Overturning Roe v. Wade, Public Discourse (February 22, 2019)

The Conservative Disadvantage, Public Discourse (February 7, 2019)

Abortion: The Original Sin of the United Nations’ Human Rights Project, Public Discourse (January 8, 2019)

Nikki Haley’s Pro-Life Dilemma at the UN, The Stream (June 12, 2018)

The Trump Administration Must Keep Abortion Out of International Law and Policy, Public Discourse (June 4, 2018)

The Future of the Pro-Life Movement is in Africa, Public Discourse (April 12, 2018)

Beyond Roe: A Global Roadmap for the Pro-Life Movement, Public Discourse (February 14, 2018)

How Their Refusal To Tolerate Dissent Is Creating A Global Backlash Against LGBT People, The Federalist (January 11, 2018)

The Problem with Pro-Life “Lite”, The Stream (November 12, 2017)

Rules for (Pro-Life) Radicals, The Stream (November 1, 2017)

What Happened at the Vatican’s Bio-Extinction Conference, Catholic World Report (September 21, 2017)

Can We Stop an International Roe v. Wade?, Public Discourse (September 13, 2017)

And LGBT Roadmap for President Trump, The Stream (July 29, 2017)

Spadaro’s American Christian Straw Man, The Stream (July 21, 2017)

The Paris Accord Epitomizes Why All Bureaucrats Need Term Limits, The Federalist (June 5, 2017)

The Genius of the Mexico City Policy and the Pro-Life Legacy of President Trump, Public Discourse (May 17, 2017)

Population Control Ideologue Paul Ehrlich Speaks at the Vatican, The Stream (February 27, 2017)

We Must Fight the Global War on Marriage, The Stream (October 3, 2016)

One Year Since Obergefell Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace, The Stream (June 25, 2016)

Pope Francis and the Human-Rights Issue of Our Time, National Catholic Register (September 25, 2015)

“Reproductive Health” is a Trojan Horse, First Things, First Thoughts (July 1, 2015)

The Wrong Way to Respond to Critics, First Things, Web Exclusives (May 29, 2015)

Allow Abortion—Or You’re Guilty of Torture, First Things, Web Exclusives (May 13, 2014)

A Strong Note of Caution on Reproductive Health and Family Planning, First Things, Web Exclusives (May 16, 2012) (Austin Ruse, co-author)

IN THE NEWS

Training the Next Generation of U.N. Pro-Life Advocates, National Catholic Register (January 19, 2015)

Officials Denounce Claims that Kenyan Vaccine Meant for Population Control, The Washington Times (November 14, 2014)

Weighing a Catholic Change for LGBT and Divorcees, NPR OnPoint with Tom Ashbrook, (October 16, 2014)

U.N. Panel Says Vatican is Lax Over Abusive Priests, New York Times (May 23, 2014)

U.N. Committee to Vatican: Change Church Teaching, National Catholic Register (February 8, 2014)

UN Abuse Report: From Policy to Ideology, Zenit.org (February 6, 2014)

BOOK CHAPTERS

The diffusion of sexual and reproductive rights through the UN human rights framework, in Aleksander Stepkowski (ed.), PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE IN ITS EARLY STAGE: INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS AND MEANS (Peter Lang Editions 2014) (link)