The US has stopped responding to requests made by UN investigators to look into potential rights abuses within the country, a Guardian report has revealed. The US has not responded to any requests since May 2018, the newspaper reported, and at least 13 requests have gone unanswered. A number of them are related to the disastrous and monstrously cruel family separations policy and the treatment of migrants at the US-Mexico border.
As a general rule, Western, developed countries tend to cooperate with UN human rights rapporteurs while countries with terrible human rights records are more likely to deny them access. As the Guardian points out, North Korea is one of a handful of countries that routinely denies access to UN probes. In 2017, Myanmar also barred UN investigators from entering the country. Once again, President Donald Trump finds himself in excellent company.
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