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Human rights body postpones US review
Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
GENEVA -- The U.N.'s top human rights body on Tuesday postponed a regular review of the U.S. human rights record until January in hopes of persuading the Trump administration to reverse its decision to become the first government to snub the process.
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The United States is to become the first country to skip a regular review of its human rights record at the U.N.'s Human Rights Council. The Trump administration withdrew from the council last year, accusing it of bias against the U.S. and Israel. The council reviews all 193 U.N.
The U.N.'s Human Rights Council has delayed a review of the U.S. human rights record until January. This decision comes after the Trump administration refused to participate. The U.S. was set to become the first U.N. member to reject such a review.
"This irredeemable body makes a mockery of human rights through consistent failures to uphold its own 'values' as it pushes anti-American rhetoric," a State Department spokesperson said.
The Trump administration last year pulled the U.S. out of the Human Rights Council, accusing it of an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel bias, and alleging that it didn’t uphold the very values it promotes.
The United States became the first country to skip a review of its human rights record before the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, declining to participate in a process that has been in place for nearly two decades.
The U.S. has skipped a key U.N. human rights review for the second year running. Rights groups warn the absence risks undermining global accountability.
GENEVA -- The U.N.'s top human rights body on Tuesday postponed a regular review of the U.S. human rights record until January in hopes of persuading the Trump administration to reverse its decision to become the first government to snub the process.
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