America Criticized For Human Rights Abuses
By Linn Washington
Promoted to Headline (H3) on 12/8/10

Given the sensationalism driving much of mainstream US news media coverage of suspect sexual impropriety charges filed against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Sweden it's not surprising that other significant news about America involving that Scandinavian nation goes uncovered.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/America-Criticized-For-Hum-by-Linn-Washington-101208-231.html

Rick Spilsbury takes Las Vegas water grab to a higher court
Published on Friday, November 26, 2010
elynews.com

McGill's Rick Spilsbury traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, during the first week November, joining Western Shoshone Defense Project's Larson Bill and the Universty of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program Staff Attorney Se�nna Howard for a United Nations review of the United States' human rights record.

http://www.elynews.com/articles/2010/11/26/news/news16.txt

US given 228 recommendations to improve human rights
By Gale Courey Toensing

Story Published: Nov 19, 2010
(Story Updated: Nov 22, 2010 )

GENEVA – Federal officials participating in the first ever international review of the U.S. human rights record acknowledged that the country still faces challenges in fulfilling its obligations, but expressed overall pride in what they perceived as America’s human rights accomplishments.

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/home/content/US-given-228-recommendations-to-improve-human-rights-107322728.html

Obama's UN Officials Silent on Anti-Israel Statements at UN

by Chana Ya'ar
Published: 11/22/10, 8:12 PM

The United States remained silent while Syria and Lebanon said at the United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee on November 15 that Israel is a country of "war lovers" and is the source of terrorism in the Middle East. However, in the nine committee resolutions against Israel this month, the United States either abstained or voted against them.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/140783

Obama's message to the world
November 22, 2010 Posted by Scott at 7:36 AM

The Obama administration has a message for the world. The message is something along these lines: The United States is very bad, but Barack Obama is very good. He seeks to redeem America from its evil.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/11/027741.php

Wikileaks Defense Of Julian Assange
Why Our Editor-in-Chief Is Busy and Needs to Be Defended

Saturday, 20 November 2010 21:24

Recently he presented at the United Nations Universal Periodic Review against the United States in Geneva where he offered up evidence from the Iraq War logs of the human right abuses such as the 109 000 deaths, 185 000 casualties, 66 000 civilian deaths and countless cases of torture conducted by America.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/opinion/69-opinion/9797-wikileaks-defense-of-julian-assange.html

 

 

U.N. Examines U.S. Human Rights Coverage 

November 12, Posted by Antoine Morris 

For the first time in its history, the United States defended its human rights record before the United Nations Human Rights Council under the new Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process last week. Its presentation before the council and its subsequent Town Hall meeting with various nongovernmental organizations was the culmination of an extensive process in soliciting input, as required by the UPR process, on the state of human rights in the U.S.

United States Under Pressure on Human Rights

By Terrence McKeegan, J.D.

Geneva, November 11 ( C-FAM) 

A UN panel last week lambasted US human rights policy, as an enormous American delegation traveled here to endure the dressing down.

http://www.c-fam.org/publications/pub_detail.asp?id=1734

Homelessness, Human Rights and the United States

 

Maria Foscarinis

November 10,2010

Huffington Post (blog)

Last week, for the first time, the United States was reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council for its compliance with the entire range of human rights standards adopted by the world community. These include economic and social rights, and the Geneva review was a historic occasion for advocates for economic and social justice. But its significance will depend on follow up work here at home.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joann-kamuf/from-rhetoric-to-reality_b_781733.html

From Rhetoric to Reality: The Time has Come for the Obama Administration to Take Concrete Steps to Adopt International Human Rights Standards

 

Posted: November 10, 2010 02:58 PM

Huffington Post (blog)

Fifty-seven UN members participated in the U.S. review, providing remarkably consistent recommendations on steps the U.S. should take to strengthen human rights protections, including accession to human rights treaties.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joann-kamuf/from-rhetoric-to-reality_b_781733.html

Apologizing for America, Administration Touts Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted by: Carter Wood

November 9, 2010 @ 6:48 am

The State Department last week submitted a report to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the first time the United States has provided such a self-accounting under the U.N.’s Universal Periodic Review. The basic message is that the United States is deeply flawed, injustice abounds, but the Obama Administration is bringing us into a new age of enlightenment and justice.

http://shopfloor.org/2010/11/apologizing-for-america-administration-touts-paycheck-fairness-act/15951

The U.S. as U.N. Punching Bag

By Nina Shea

November 8, 2010 3:47 P.M.

Last Friday, for the first time, the Obama administration put the U.S.’s human-rights record up for questioning and critique under the U.N. Human Rights Council’s “universal periodic review.”

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/252802/us-un-punching-bag-nina-shea

Free Peltier now, supporters say

Tehran Times

November 8, 2010

Dozens of the supporters of American Indian activist Leonard Peltier have gathered in Rapid City in the U.S. Midwest to call for a review of his case and his release from prison.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=230066

Not enough

The Jordan Times

Monday, Novemeber 8, 2010

The US was in the docket a few days ago for a series of human rights violations or omissions. The UN Council on Human Rights (HRC) grilled the US delegation during its Universal Periodic Review because of its human rights violations

http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=31638

The Privatization of War: Mercenaries, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC)

Beyond the WikiLeaks Files:
by Jose L. Gomez del Prado

November 8, 2010

The United Nation Human Rights Council, under the Universal Periodic Review, started on 5 November 2010 in Geneva, reviewing the human rights record of the United States. The following is an edited version of the presentation given by Jose L. Gomez del Prado in Geneva on 3 November 2010 at a parallel meeting at the UN Palais des Nations on that occasion.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21826

Criminalize human trafficking, Maldives told

Asian Tribune

Mon, 2010-11-08 13:34 — editor

The Maldives was told to criminalize human trafficking and ratify a key UN convention on ensuring migrant worker’s rights amongst 130 recommendations made by UN member states at the Universal Periodic Review, in Geneva last week

http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/11/08/criminalize-human-trafficking-maldives-told

China - Ambassador He Yafei's Speech on the Universal Periodic Review of U.S.A

Isira.com

November 8, 2010
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http://www.isria.com/pages/8_November_2010_34.php

UN Human Rights Council criticises U.S.

WRS: World Radio Switzerland

Monday, 8 November, 2010

The United States has been taking the rap for its human rights record, at the UN in Geneva. Friends and foes lined up to offer criticism of things like the country’s conduct in its Iraqi and Afghan conflicts, the continued existence of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and detention conditions for immigrants. The grilling is part of the “Universal Periodic Review” of UN Human Rights Council member countries. We hear from Tatiana Bejar, programme coordinator for the Urban Justice Centre in New York and David Kennedy, public affairs councillor for the American mission to the UN in Geneva:

http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/un-human-rights-council-criticises-us.shtml?21689

Factbox: U.S. report to U.N. Human Rights Council

Fri Nov 5, 2010 7:13am EDT

(Reuters) - The United States, under the scrutiny of the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council for the first time on Friday, defended its human rights record as it faced criticism from foes including Cuba and Iran

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A41WI20101105

Agence France Presse

5 Novemeber 2010

US weathers calls for torture probes at UN rights meet
The United States faced a barrage of calls to investigate allegations of torture and shut down Guantanamo Bay detention centre on Friday in its first review by the UN's top human rights assembly

http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/318671/us_faces_calls_for__torture_probes_at_un_rights_meet/

US weathers calls for torture probes at UN rights meet

By Peter Capella (AFP)

5 Novemeber 2010

GENEVA — The United States faced a barrage of calls to investigate allegations of torture and shut down Guantanamo Bay detention centre on Friday in its first review by the UN's top human rights assembly.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g6sJ3Xr7kF602AVyixG782bcQ3fQ?docId=CNG.89c96e59c479e63644d023208c721a83.861

Human rights campaigners voice disappointment with Obama

(AFP)

4 Novemeber 2010

GENEVA — Human rights campaigners on Thursday expressed disappointment at the Obama administration, saying it had failed to remedy abuse in Iraq and bring those responsible for the torture of terror suspects to justice

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hRRba-gi1eH9MKqbVfRjVV3beBaA?docId=CNG.ed091710b328fd92692ce44b7df6f8e1.b51

Australia lodges human rights report

The Sydney Morning Herald

November 4, 2010 - 11:24PM

The federal government has highlighted its work towards closing the gap between indigenous and other Australians in its first human rights report to the United Nations human rights council.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/australia-lodges-human-rights-report-20101104-17fzm.html

Intellectual Property Watch

Wikileaks Creator, In Geneva, Denounces US Abuse Of Human Rights

By Catherine Saez @ 5:19 pm

 4 November 2010

In a police-secured, airless room full of Geneva journalists, Julian Assange, creator and director of Wikileaks, today gave details of what he described as United States abuse of human rights in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, as well as an alleged muzzling of US press on those subjects. The United States will undergo its first Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council tomorrow.

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/11/04/wikileaks-creator-in-geneva-denounces-us-abuse-of-human-rights/

US submits to UN human rights review

By COLLEEN BARRY
The Associated Press

Wednesday, November 3, 2010; 1:47 PM

GENEVA – The United States is submitting its human rights record to the scrutiny of other nations - both allies and adversaries - for the first time, as the Obama administration opens itself up to a committee shunned by his predecessor.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110304471.html

 

Let the U.N. Criticize Us

By THOMAS R. PICKERING, WILLIAM J. McDONOUGH, and A. EDWARD ELMENDORF

Published: November 2, 2010

On Friday the United States will experience its first review by the United Nations Human Rights Council. The examination of its performance on human rights gives Americans an opportunity to assess their own country’s standing in promoting the liberties enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to find out what other U.N. members think of U.S. accomplishments in this arena.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/opinion/03iht-edpickering.html

The United States Gets Reviewed

Posted By David Bosco

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 12:55 PM

This week in Geneva, representatives of the United States will stand before dozens of other countries and defend the country's human rights record.

http://bosco.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/11/03/the_united_states_gets_reviewed

Activists say it's time for America to respond to rights violations

By Eric Ture Muhammad

Nov 3, 2010 - 12:15:26 AM

U.S. defense on human rights record is historic, but how much impact will review have on justice?

http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/National_News_2/article_7397.shtml

US must tackle human rights issues, says former UN torture investigator

Deutsche Welle

In an interview with Deutsche Welle, the former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture lauds the Obama administration for joining the UN Human Rights Council. But he urges Obama to deal with the legacy of his predecessor.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6190034,00.html

Iran expresses concern over human rights situation in U.S.

Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has said Iran is seriously concerned about violations of human rights in Western countries, particularly in the United States.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=229665

Iran reports US human rights abuse

Press TV

Thu Nov 4, 2010 2:16AM

Iran has released its report on human rights abuses by the United States as Washington gears up for its first public review by the United Nations.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/149557.html