US EditionUS rejects taking part in UN human rights review
The U.S. is the first country to skip the Universal Periodic Review report, a process requiring submissions every 4.5 to 5 years, signaling reduced global human rights engagement.
- On August 28, 2025, the United States announced it will opt out of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review scheduled for November, in which member states provide assessments of their human rights practices.
- This action follows President Donald Trump's executive order issued on February 4, 2025, withdrawing the United States from involvement with the U.N. Human Rights Council, leading the country to become the first to decline submitting a Universal Periodic Review report.
- The UPR mandates that all 193 UN member states undergo peer evaluations approximately every five years, and the United States had taken part in the review processes in 2010, 2015, and 2020 before choosing to boycott the current cycle.
- Human rights advocates, including Phil Lynch and Jamil Dakwar, criticized the boycott as a dangerous precedent that undermines global human rights efforts and gives authoritarian regimes an excuse to follow suit.
- The move signals a retreat from multilateral human rights engagement, while U.S. officials maintain pride in the country's record, and the U.N. regrets the decision but faces no enforcement mechanism.
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