US set to become first country to fully shun UN Human Rights Council review
The United States is set to become the first country to fully shun a regular review of its human rights record at the UN's top rights body since it was created two decades ago. The Trump administration last year pulled the US out of the Human Rights Council, accusing it of an anti-US and anti-Israel bias, and alleging that it didn't uphold the very values it promotes. Supporters back the council's mandate to keep tabs on human rights in all UN member states including the US, which has drawn cri…




