Trump Refuses to Participate in UN Review of the US's Human Rights Record

"The Trump administration's decision to boycott the UPR puts the US among the ranks of the worst violators of human rights,"

"This move is a chilling attempt to evade accountability, setting a terrible precedent that would only embolden dictators and autocrats and dangerously weaken respect for human rights at home and abroad."

"The ACLU will continue to hold the Trump administration accountable for US human rights obligations and calls on Congress and state and local elected officials to join the fight to defend human dignity and everyone's basic rights and freedoms as promised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,"

The ACLU condemned the Trump administration for refusing to participate in the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a mechanism requiring each UN member to undergo a peer review of its human rights record. The decision follows a February executive order withdrawing from various world bodies, including the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which the administration previously abandoned during its first term. ACLU Human Rights Program director Jamil Dakwar said the boycott places the US among the worst human rights violators and called the move a chilling attempt to evade accountability that could embolden dictators and weaken respect for rights domestically and internationally. The ACLU pledged continued efforts to hold the administration accountable and urged legislative and local officials to defend basic human rights as promised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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