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http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/62675
“State Department’s Annual Human Rights Report Does Not Examine U.S., But the Next Report Will”
Friday, March 12, 2010
By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor
SNIPPET: “(CNSNews.com) – This year’s annual State Department report on human rights around the world does not include a section on the United States, but the department is already working on a report that does focus on the U.S. In releasing the report on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters the Obama administration was “committed to holding everyone to the same standard, including ourselves.”
Administration officials noted that a report on the U.S. human rights record is being prepared for release to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council later this year.”
SNIPPET: “In gathering information for use in the administration’s report for the UPR, consultations are being held across the nation involving government officials, citizens and civil society organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, Human Rights First and American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.”
SNIPPET: “As for the U.S. UPR in the fall, Bayefsky predicted it would be “an opportunity for rights-abusing states to take pot shots at the U.S., knowing that they risk nothing.””
SNIPPET: “In gathering information for use in the administration’s report for the UPR, consultations are being held across the nation involving government officials, citizens and civil society organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, Human Rights First and American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.”