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The United States is Quitting the UN Human Rights Council. Here’s Why That’s a Bad Idea

Mark Leon Goldberg
June 19, 2018
One day after being criticized by the top UN human rights official for its policy of separating children from their parents at the border, the United States announced that it is withdrawing from the main UN human rights organ, the Human Rights Council.The ...

The Top UN Human Rights Official Accurately Called Hungary’s President a Racist. Drama Ensued

Mark Leon Goldberg
March 7, 2018
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein called Hungarian President Viktor Orban a "racist" last week because Viktor Orban is a racist and it is the job of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to condemn racism. The racist president of...

The Relationship Between Iran and the Human Rights Council is Extremely Contentious 

Mark Leon Goldberg
February 28, 2018
An Iranian government official who is under sanctions by the United States and European Union addressed the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday. This, appropriately, caused a great deal of concern among human rights proponents around the world. The off...

The Well Respected UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is Leaving Because His Job Has Become Impossible

Mark Leon Goldberg
December 20, 2017
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein is resigning his post next year. In a memo obtained by Foreign Policy's Colum Lynch, Zeid suggests that his blunt style of human rights advocacy simply cannot survive the Trump era. “...

A UN Human Rights Official Examined Poverty in the United States. His Findings Sting

Luke Allen
December 18, 2017
As one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the United States might seem a strange destination for an official visit from Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. But the findings from his visit to the United States, r...

PODCAST: Keith Harper was the first American Indian to Become a US Ambassador

Mark Leon Goldberg
October 2, 2017
When Keith Harper was confirmed as President Obama's representative to the UN Human Rights Council he became the first American-Indian to achieve the rank of Ambassador. The longtime attorney for native American rights soon put his knowledge of tribal cult...

Nikki Haley Names Three Countries That Are Standing in the Way of Ending Anti-Israel Bias at Human Rights Council

Mark Leon Goldberg
June 28, 2017
In a Congressional hearing today, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called out three countries: Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, as standing in the way of her effort to reduce anti-Israel bias at the United Nations Human Rights Council.At is...

Nikki Haley Wants these Two Reforms at the UN Human Rights Council…(Or Else?)

Mark Leon Goldberg
June 6, 2017
US Ambassador the UN Nikki Haley gave a major speech in Geneva outlining the Trump administration's future participation in the Human Rights Council. After months of internal debate, she announced that the United States will remain a member of the Council...Fo...

Syria is a Good Reason Why the United States Should Stick With the Human Rights Council

Bathsheba Crocker
April 11, 2017
The Trump Administration has produced various rationales for its decision last week to launch cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase after the Syrian government used chemical weapons to attack and kill Syrian civilians. In his remarks just after the U.S. strike, ...
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