Middle East & North Africa

US Turning Its Back on Human Rights: How Leaving the Human Rights Council Damages US-EU and UN relations
Ana Chamale Ana Chamale

US Turning Its Back on Human Rights: How Leaving the Human Rights Council Damages US-EU and UN relations

In 2018, the Trump administration withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council. US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Nikki R. Haley, highlighted at the June General Assembly that this decision was due to the growing concern that the Human Rights Council was driven by “political bias” rather than humanitarian rights due to the “disproportionate focus and unending hostility towards Israel.”

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