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Will the USA run for UN Human Rights Council membership?
Background: The UN Human rights council has not been without its problems however the criticism goes both ways, however. "Washington's hands-off approach to the Human Rights Council undermined it from the start," says Juliette de Rivero, Geneva advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. Moreover, the United States has received flack for its handling of terrorist suspects in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay from Human Rights Watch and other rights advocacy groups. Under George W. Bush's presidency, the United States has refused to run for council membership."
new UN appointments to be made by the new President, and a possible change in attitude regarding human rights there is a substantial possibility that the USA will run for membership.
Sources:
http://www.cfr.org/publication/9991/troubles_plague_un_human_rights_council.html#4
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/576.php?nid=&id=&pnt=576&lb=
new UN appointments to be made by the new President, and a possible change in attitude regarding human rights there is a substantial possibility that the USA will run for membership.
Sources:
http://www.cfr.org/publication/9991/troubles_plague_un_human_rights_council.html#4
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/576.php?nid=&id=&pnt=576&lb=
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source. OR the United Nations, prior to suspend date. If the USA has not stated they will run for membership to the UN Human Rights Council prior to suspend date the answer will settle as no.
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