Concern over US human rights stance
The United States today stuck to its refusal to apply the main international human rights treaty to detainees held outside the United States, causing concern among UN experts that it might encourage other countries to be selective in the rights they respect.
āI donāt think this is a very positive message to the other state parties,ā said Christine Chanet, who chaired two days of hearings by the UN Human Rights Committee on US compliance with the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
