Keith Harper

The UN’s Report on Poverty in the US Is Rebuked by Nikki Haley

June 28, 2018

When Philip Alston decided to focus a report on the United States, in his role as the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, the goal was to spur a larger discussion. However, in the past week there has been a slow-motion volley of criticisms instead, as Nikki Haley, the US …

Human Rights, Nikki Haley Watch, Poverty, US-UN Relations

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As Expected, the US Quits the UN Human Rights Council

June 19, 2018

by Barbara Crossette

In a long-expected decision, the United States announced it was withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the world body’s primary organ for promoting and protecting the rights of people worldwide. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, delivered comments on June 19 in the …

Human Rights, Nikki Haley Watch, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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The US Leaving the UN Human Rights Council Would Be a Mistake: An Envoy Talks

March 21, 2017

by Barbara Crossette

As the Trump administration threatens to turn its back on international organizations unwilling to rubber-stamp Washington’s policies and meet its demands, an early inevitable target is expected to be the United Nations Human Rights Council, which is based in Geneva. In both the White House and Congress, opposition to the Council hangs on two …

Geopolitics, Human Rights, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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In Washington, Spotlighting the UN Human Rights Council

July 3, 2016

by A. Edward Elmendorf

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United Nations Human Rights Council, the highest organ exclusively responsible for human rights in the world body, is now 10 years old. It recently received concentrated attention here in the United States capital. Such concerted focus would have been unthinkable more than a generation ago, when this writer was active …

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Keith Harper

The UN’s Report on Poverty in the US Is Rebuked by Nikki Haley

As Expected, the US Quits the UN Human Rights Council

The US Leaving the UN Human Rights Council Would Be a Mistake: An Envoy Talks

In Washington, Spotlighting the UN Human Rights Council

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