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Poverty is the ultimate denial of human rights

U.S. Exceptionalism Surges Again. Will It Fly?

In a statement marking the “return” of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken disclosed that the Biden Administration is placing democracy and human rights at the centre of American foreign policy.

Philonise Floyd, left, brother of George Floyd, speaks via video message at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 17, during an urgent debate on current racially inspired human rights violations, systematic racism, police brutality against people of African descent and violence against peaceful protests (Photo: Martial Trezzini/Keystone/Pool/AP)

International lawyers and activists organize independent inquiry into U.S. police violence

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The Trump administration thwarted an investigation specifically into the US. But that didn’t deter those who believe an independent inquiry is necessary.

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