The ACLU on Thursday condemned President Donald Trump’s administration for refusing to participate in a United Nations mechanism “that calls for each UN member state to undergo a peer review of its human rights records.”

The president’s decision to ditch the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) follows a February executive order withdrawing from various world bodies, including the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which he previously abandoned during his first term.

“The Trump administration’s decision to boycott the UPR puts the US among the ranks of the worst violators of human rights,” said Jamil Dakwar, director of the ACLU’s Human Rights Program. “This move is a chilling attempt to evade accountability, setting a terrible precedent that would only embolden dictators

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