United States Absent From UN Human Rights Council Periodic Review on November 10: State Department Says It Gives the Body No Credibility After a One-Year Postponement
Geneva, Switzerland — The United States did not participate in its universal periodic review at the UN Human Rights Council, scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in Geneva. Reporting on the session said the United States was set to become the first country to fully shun the regular review since the Council was created about two decades ago.
The review mechanism and the postponement
The universal periodic review is the Council peer-evaluation mechanism. It examines all 193 UN member states, generally every four to five years, and reporting said a review cannot proceed without the participation of the country under review.
The United States review was originally set for November 2025. The Council postponed it in hopes Washington would change course, reporting said, but it did not. The Trump administration pulled the United States out of the Council last year, citing alleged anti-American and anti-Israel bias, according to the reporting.
Statements from the sides
In an email, a State Department spokesperson said the United States gives no credibility to the agency and alleged the Council has a persistent failure to condemn the most egregious human rights violators. The spokesperson was also reported to have called the Council an irredeemable body.
Jamil Dakwar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union human rights program, told reporters in Geneva on Monday, November 9, that the administration is telling the world it does not care whether others review it. Reporting said the ACLU and allied groups have asked the UN human rights chief to present an update on United States rights conditions early next year.
The Council has not announced what steps it might take beyond the postponement it already used, according to the reporting.
来源链接： https://political.org/2026/11/10/u-s-set-to-become-first-nation-to-refuse-u-n-human-rights-council-review/
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