For the first time, the United States will submit a domestic human rights report to the United Nations Human Rights Council for review this fall. The U.S. refused to participate in the universal periodic review process under George W. Bush Administration, but under the current Obama Administration, the U.S. State Department under Secretary Clinton has agreed to hold itself to the same human rights standards as the other 192 U.N. member countries. Will such scrutiny of the United States’ human rights record lead to justification of abuses by other nations? What impact will such a report have on local social movements struggling for universal human rights protections, such as LGBT communities, migrant workers, and Native American groups?

U. N. Human Rights Council, Credit: OHCHR

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