Trump administration accused of ignoring UN human rights expert's request to visit U.S.-Mexico border
The American Civil Liberties Union has hit out at the Trump administration over its refusal to cooperate with international human rights monitors, including ignoring repeated requests to arrange a formal visit to the U.S.-Mexico border from the U.N. special rapporteur on migrant rights.
In his analysis, Dakwar accused the Trump administration of having"escalated its hostility towards human rights bodies, including the apparent severing of relationships with independent experts appointed to monitor and report on human rights violations." For the U.N. special rapporteurs to do their job, Dakwar told Newsweek, they"need an official invitation from the U.S." When it comes to reporting on human rights conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border, González Morales would require the cooperation of the Trump administration to gain access to processing centers and detention facilities run by the Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies.
According to Dakwar, the U.S. had not submitted standard periodic reports to both the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which had been requested for November 2017, as well as to the U.N. Committee Against Torture, which had been requested for November 2018. The U.S.'s apparent dismissal of human rights monitors is setting a dangerous example for other countries, Dakwar said, warning that the U.S.'s"escalated hostility" toward human rights bodies could"encourage other countries poor human rights records to ignore and violate their international human rights obligations."
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