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U.S. Withdraws From United Nations Human Rights Council

posted by janrinok on Wednesday June 20 2018, @06:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-will-change dept.

takyon writes:

US leaving UN Human Rights Council -- 'a cesspool of political bias'

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable. The move, which the Trump administration has threatened for months, came down one day after the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights slammed the separation of children from their parents at the US-Mexico border as "unconscionable."

Speaking from the State Department, where she was joined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Haley defended the move to withdraw from the council, saying US calls for reform were not heeded. "Human rights abusers continue to serve on, and be elected to, the council," said Haley, listing US grievances with the body. "The world's most inhumane regimes continue to escape its scrutiny, and the council continues politicizing scapegoating of countries with positive human rights records in an attempt to distract from the abusers in its ranks."

Also at NPR and Bloomberg.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @08:01AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @08:01AM (#696094)

    I'm not in favor of the exact way the US border authorities are handling this situation, but I am in favor of enforcing the law.

    So, your defense is that you are merely a useful idiot? You disagree with how the law is enforced, but you still think that it should be enforced?

    there is no better way to handle this

    Uhm, yes there is. How about not putting them in fucking concentration camps? How about putting up daycare facilities, nurseries or even schools?

    I don't see how that makes it okay for me to invade your country through illegal means

    It doesn't. There's another reason for that: the US system requires one to enter the country illegally before applying for asylum. From USCIS [uscis.gov] itself (emphasis mine):

    To obtain asylum through the affirmative asylum process you must be physically present in the United States.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @09:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @09:37AM (#696110)

    Entering the country illegally will get you arrested, don't like it -- get a fucking visa!

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday June 22 2018, @12:34PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 22 2018, @12:34PM (#696704) Journal

    There's another reason for that: the US system requires one to enter the country illegally before applying for asylum.

    US embassies and military bases would also count. And note the next line after the one you quoted:

    You may apply for asylum status regardless of how you arrived in the United States or your current immigration status.

    Law that encourages law breaking is exciting stuff.