U.S. Skips U.N. Human Rights Review, First Nation to Fully Opt Out
The council delayed the review after the Trump administration became the first U.N. member state to fully skip the process, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the United States became the first country to fully shun a regular review of its human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
- Citing anti-United States and anti-Israel bias, the Trump administration withdrew from the Council last year, alleging it failed to uphold its own values.
- Participation by the country under review is required by the Geneva-based council; without national representatives, the review cannot proceed, and it typically examines all 193 United Nations member states.
- Jamil Dakwar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union, told reporters Monday that the administration is "saying to the world, we don't care about whether you would review us or not."
- Eric Tistounet, a visiting professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute, warned the walkout could undermine the review system's credibility, noting that if the predominant global power ignores rights norms, the system faces "big trouble.
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The UN Human Rights Council has postponed a review of the United States’ human rights record to January 2027 after the Trump administration refused to participate in the process for the second time in a row. The decision was made without a vote by the 47-member council due to Washington’s “continued non-participation.” The review is part of the Universal Periodic Review, a process in which human rights in each of the UN’s 193 member states are r…
The United States on Tuesday boycotted a United Nations (UN) review of its human rights record for the second time, an unprecedented move to ignore a process that all countries traditionally submit to.
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