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The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday postponed its regular review of the US human rights record until January after Washington refused to take part. The delay is meant to persuade the Trump administration to reverse course, according to the South China Morning Post.
The UN Human Rights Council periodically reviews every member state's human rights record in a peer-review process. The United States, under the Trump administration, has declined to take part in its scheduled review, which Politika reports is the first such refusal by any country.
The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday postponed its regular review of the US human rights record until January after Washington refused to take part. The South China Morning Post says the delay is meant to persuade the Trump administration to reverse course, and Politika reports the US is the first country to refuse such a review.