Showing posts with label Council on Human Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Council on Human Rights. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

U.N. Human Rights Council to turn attention on “systematic” racism in United States - The Washington Post

When President Trump announced two years ago that the United States would withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the White House said that the decision did not mean that the country would retreat from its stance on human rights — a cause the administration accused the council of betraying. “Our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights,” Nikki Haley, then the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said of the top U.N. human rights body.
Now, amid mass police accountability protests across the United States, UNHRC is set to turn its attention to America.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/06/16/un-human-rights-council-turn-attention-systemic-racism-united-states/

Friday, July 6, 2018

Trump State Department official defends racism, nationalism, and xenophobia - Daily Kos

A Trump-appointed State Department official "tore into" standard UN documents stating that national leaders should oppose racism, nationalism, and xenophobia. According to CNN, deputy assistant secretary for refugees and migration Andrew Veprek not only defended nationalism, he claimed that title for Donald Trump while "softening language" on racism. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1776928







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