The absence of the United States in the United Nations meeting on Washington’s human rights records
The United Nations meeting to review the human rights situation of the United States began on Friday without the presence of the coury, and human rights groups saw this absence as a worrying sign of Washington’s retreat from global engageme in this field.
According to Isna, the global periodic review process is an opportunity for governmes and human rights groups to review the performance of all 193 UN member states every four to five years and make suggestions for improveme. America not attending this meeting is a rare act.
Claiming that the coury is proud of its human rights record, the spokesperson of the US State Departme declared: “As one of the founding members of the United Nations and the main defender of individual freedoms, we will not allow couries like Venezuela, China or Sudan to preach about our human rights record.”
Amnesty Iernational called this absence of America “abandonme of responsibility”.
Trump’s policies regarding the deportation of immigras and issues related to the death penalty were on the agenda of this meeting.
Governmes are required to report on their records, but the United States has refused to do so.
The efforts of the head of the UN Human Rights Council to talk with the US before the meeting were unsuccessful and he suspended the investigation of the case.
The spokesperson of the US Departme of State said that this council has supported human rights violators in the past and added that US participation in iernational organizations is aimed at advancing US ierests and values.
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