US Will Not Participate in UN Human Rights Review for Second Consecutive Year

ARK News.. The United States is set to boycott a United Nations meeting scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, 2026, during which Washington's human rights record under President Donald Trump was due to be reviewed.

According to a draft UN document and statements by diplomats, the US absence is likely to result in the review being postponed until January.

A US State Department spokesperson said that taking part would amount to endorsing the work of the Human Rights Council.

"This body, which is beyond hope of reform, makes a mockery of human rights through its continued failure to uphold its own 'values,' while promoting anti-American rhetoric," the spokesperson said, without directly addressing allegations concerning the United States' human rights record.

Washington withdrew from the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council last year, citing what it described as the body's bias against Israel. Its planned absence means the United States will skip its own review for the second consecutive year, despite the process being attended by countries with authoritarian governments.

Although the 47-member council has not directly criticized Washington's human rights record, UN-appointed independent experts have raised concerns over issues including the deportation of migrants.

The US administration maintains that deportations are carried out in accordance with American immigration law.

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