On September 8th, 2021, there was an event held for interested state candidates for the UN Human Rights Council where representatives had the opportunity to make public statements for their candidacy. The U.S. was one such candidate and their candidacy statement can be found below as well as the ACLU’s question (and subsequent U.S. response) regarding adopting a national plan of action on human rights and racial justice (fully implementing ICERD) and taking concrete steps to create a National Human Rights Institution. This was the first question raised at the event.
You may watch a clip of the event below:
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