Amal Clooney claims Trump proposals amount to 'state-sponsored torture and religious tests for immigrants that violate international human rights law'

  • Amal Clooney warned that many of president-elect Trump's proposals would be 'violations of international law'
  • The human rights lawyer spoke out against a religious test for immigrants, state-sponsored torture and killing families of suspected terrorists
  • Amal, the wife of George Clooney, said she had concerns about America's reputation under Trump's proposals
  • Both Amal and her Hollywood actor husband have spoken out against Trump in the past
  • Earlier this year, Amal called for him to be challenged on his extreme views

Amal Clooney has warned that many of president-elect Trump's proposals would be 'violations of international law.'

Speaking at the Texas Conference For Women at the Austin Convention Center on Tuesday, the international human rights lawyer, and wife of George Clooney, said she had concerns about America's reputation under the real estate mogul's plans.

She noted that Trump's comments during his campaign, 'that there should be a religious test imposed on entering the U.S. or the fact that there should be state-sponsored torture or that families of suspected terrorists should all be killed — all of those things are violations of international human rights law and the values that underlie that.'

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Amal Clooney has warned that many of president-elect Trump's proposals would be 'violations of international law

The 38-year-old wife said America's reputation as a country with a strong human rights record and high moral standing was at risk.

'I think there's some concern from abroad as to, "Are these things actually going to happen?", or is the U.S. going to lose some of the moral standing that it has internationally,' according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Both Amal and her Hollywood actor husband George, a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter, have spoken out against Trump in the past.

Earlier this year, Amal Clooney called for Trump to be challenged on his extreme views. 

'When you listen to what the leading candidate on the Republican side has been saying about building walls, about excluding Mexicans and a complete shutdown of all Muslims entering in, and if you actually look at what he specifically said in that now infamous speech about Muslims, he kept saying, 'They only want jihad. They don't believe in our way of life. They don't respect our system,'' Clooney said.

Both Amal and her Hollywood actor husband George, a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter, have spoken out against Trump in the past

'And when he says 'they' and you watch the media coverage afterwards, people, I think, should have been saying 'Do you mean the 1.5 billion people around the world who fit that description? 

'Do you mean the people who are U.S. citizens who are members of your military who are, the vast majority of whom are not violent or extremists in any way?'  

Amal also said told the BBC at the time, that she was 'perplexed' that the billionaire's inflammatory comments toward women and Muslims had not dented his popularity within the Republican party.

'I'm probably as perplexed as you are as somebody viewing these things,' Clooney, who was born in Beirut and raised in London, said. 

'There's an ad on the TV in the U.S. where they went through all these statements he's made against women and you watch that and you think 'Gosh.' 

Speaking at the Texas Conference For Women at the Austin Convention Center on Tuesday, the international human rights lawyer, and wife of George Clooney, said she had concerns about America's reputation under the real estate mogul's plans 

Looking lovely: For the conference, Amal looked as stylish as ever, donning a fitted pinstripe dress that flattered her athletic frame

However, at the Texas Conference she did appear to offer an olive branch to Trump when she praised his commitment to fight ISIS - a cause close to her heart.

Clooney has vowed to take on the terrorist group in court after agreeing to represent Nadia Murad, who was captured by jihadists when she was just 19 and became a sex slave.

As for her motivation for taking on such a risky case, Clooney simply said: 'This is my job.'

'I did feel a sense of outrage,' explained Clooney of learning about Nadia's story, and those of other young women and girls.

'It's been harrowing to hear the testimony of girls as young as 11 and 12, what's happened to them. And still we haven't done anything about them.'

On Tuesday, she told the conference she was hopeful that Trump's pledge to make fighting ISIS a priority meant that 'there can be progress.'

Both Amal and her Hollywood actor husband George, a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter, have spoken out against Trump in the past (pictured on the set of Suburbicon together last month) 

She also spoke with optimism about America's future under president-elect Trump. 

'We have to hope for the best. Obviously everyone has to respect the outcome of the democratic process here, and we have to hope for the best.'

While she may have hope for the future under Trump, she chose Clinton's words for her speech on gender rights.

'Women's rights are human rights,' she said, quoting the Democratic former First Lady. 'Holding back women is holding back half of every country in the world.'

Clooney, who beat the odds to become a successful human rights lawyer after she was forced to flee her home country of Lebanon during the Civil War, also revealed that it's her mother who has inspired her to keep working.

She praised Baria Alamuddin for her 'femininity and balance' and  called her a 'role model' at the conference where Amal appeared stylish as ever, donning a fitted pinstripe dress that flattered her athletic frame and a pair of patent nude heels

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