The Trump administration’s highly unusual step of boycotting several sessions of the highly respected Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC) was a bad mistake that will weaken US efforts to condemn Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador and other systematic human rights abusers.
The administration informed the Washington, DC-based IAHRC that it would not participate in three hearings about President Trump’s executive orders on immigration that were held Tuesday, as part of a review of human rights cases in countries across the hemisphere.
