Abstract: Since the founding of the United Nations, the United States has been a strong and continuous supporter of the UN’s international human rights mechanisms. However, every US administration has also shown exceptionalism and ambiguity in its human rights policy: non-ratification of core treaties such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), prioritizing security concerns at the expense of absolute human rights in the aftermath of 9/11, or severe limitations of human rights on the ground, not to mention the bleak situation of economic, social, and cultural rights in the United States itself. Yet, the US administration under Donald Trump will take ambiguity and violation of human rights to another level.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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