Outrage as US set to snub UN rights review, again

GENEVA: Civil society organizations on Monday slammed Washington’s expected boycott of its regular UN review of human rights, urging the international community to hold the United States accountable for what they described as serious rights violations.

Rights advocates, civil society organizations and US elected officials gathered in Geneva ahead of the scheduled US review on Tuesday, although few expected representatives from US President Donald Trump’s administration to show up.

“The United States government, for the second year, will not show up before the world to answer questions about systemic violations of human rights,” said Jamil Dakwar, head of the ACLU’s human rights program.