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Coalition of Organizations Expose Human Rights Conditions in the US on the Global Stage
By WORLD WITHOUT GENOCIDE
In a modern-day David and Goliath story, a coalition of national non-profit organizations, led by World Without Genocide, has stepped onto the global stage to excoriate the United States over its human rights abuses. Coalitions submitted two reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council exposing systemic failures that undermine the rights and dignity of people across the nation. This move comes as part of the Universal Periodic Review, a process in which each UN member state is examined every 4.5 years for its human rights practices.
Like David facing Goliath, the coalition has exposed the United States, an all-powerful adversary, and provided critical information to members of the Human Rights Council who will conduct its human rights review of the US in November 2026. Coalition members will travel to UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, to stand before the international community and speak about the U.S. abridgment of the human rights to bodily autonomy and to a safe, clean, and sustainable environment.
Bodily autonomy encompasses the ability to make decisions about one’s own body, including health choices, protection from violence, all stages of reproduction, and the freedom to seek and access medical care.… Read the rest “David and Goliath”
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