The absence of the United States in the United Nations meeting on Washington’s human rights records

According to Isna, the global periodic review process is an opportunity for governments and human rights groups to review the performance of all 193 UN member states every four to five years and make suggestions for improvement. America not attending this meeting is a rare act.

Claiming that the country is proud of its human rights record, the spokesperson of the US State Department declared: “As one of the founding members of the United Nations and the main defender of individual freedoms, we will not allow countries like Venezuela, China or Sudan to preach about our human rights record.”

Amnesty International called this absence of America “abandonment of responsibility”.

Trump’s policies regarding the deportation of immigrants and issues related to the death penalty were on the agenda of this meeting.

Governments 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 Department of State said that this council has supported human rights violators in the past and added that US participation in international organizations is aimed at advancing US interests and values.

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