US EditionUS skips human rights review by UN body as countries appeal for its return next year
The U.S. skipped its fourth human rights review at the United Nations Human Rights Council, citing anti-Israel bias and refusal to reform, officials said.
- On Friday, the United States declined to attend a United Nations Human Rights Council review, leaving its seat empty as the council president sought input during the country's turn.
- President Donald Trump in February ordered the United States withdrawal from the council, following the first Trump administration's 2018 pullout citing alleged anti-Israel bias and a September announcement to skip Friday's review.
- The council's regular process covers all 193 U.N. member countries roughly every four or five years; this was to be the United States' fourth review since the 47-member council was created.
- Council members moved to reschedule the U.S. review for next year, expressing regret and asking the council president to urge United States cooperation, though there is no indication the Trump administration will attend.
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Associated Press News
US skips human rights review by UN body as countries appeal for its return next year
The United States on Friday snubbed a U.N. body charged with keeping tabs on the human rights records of all its member countries, on orders of the Trump administration — which has turned its back on the Human Rights Council.
Officials and human rights defenders gathered today at the United Nations in Geneva to express concern about the state of human rights under the administration of President Donald Trump and to condemn Washington's decision to refuse to attend today's review of the state of human rights in the United States.
U.S. Absence at U.N. Human Rights Review Sparks Concerns
The U.S. absence from a U.N. meeting reviewing its human rights record has raised concerns about its commitment to global human rights engagement. While past participation focused on advancing American values, critics accuse the U.S. of evading accountability under President Trump, leading to criticism from various international quarters.
The Straits Times
US snubs UN meeting on its human rights record
GENEVA - A U.N. meeting to review the United States' human rights record opened without the U.S. on Friday, with rights groups calling the absence a worrying sign of Washington's retreat from global engagement on such issues. Read more at straitstimes.com.
No human rights assessment in the US. The United States boycotted the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council. The decision makes them the only member country, in addition to Israel in 2013, to have not participated since the system was created in 2006. They had announced it already in August 2025, denouncing the politicalization of the rights within the organization. In February Washington had also ordered the withdrawal from v…
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