United Nations Human Rights Body Calls Out U.S. Failure to Comply with Civil and Political Rights Treaty

"The United States touts itself as a beacon of democracy and human rights, yet the Committee's findings prove that this could not be further from the truth, underscoring the critical need to prioritize and strengthen human rights at home and establish a National Human Rights Institution to ensure that our most basic rights are protected," said Jamil Dakwar, director of the ACLU's Human Rights Program. "It is critical that the U.S. government take this opportunity to heed the United Nations' recommendations and deliver on behalf of the American people — including immigrants, racial and ethnic minorities, women and girls, LGBTQ+ people, incarcerated people, Indigenous people, and other marginalized communities that are disproportionately impacted by the government's continued violations."

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