US Failure to Undergo UN Rights Review Should Not be Tolerated

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The empty seat of the US delegation, during the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, at the UN headquarters in Geneva, September 8, 2025. © 2025 Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP File On November 10, the United States failed for the second time to participate in its United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), setting a troubling and unprecedented record in the UPR’s nearly 20-year history. UN member states should ensure there are consequences for the United States’ persistent non-cooperation.The UPR is a process in which the human…

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