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The Human Rights Tribune is reporting that the United States has apparently quit the Human Rights Council, an international body within the United Nations System whose purpose is to address human rights violations.  The U.S. had only observer status to begin with, by its own choice, but now has apparently withdrawn completely as a gesture of opposition to the policy of the Council.

This is a departure even for the Bush administration, which usually offers lip service to human rights while ignoring them in practice.  Perhaps they didn’t want any embarrassing questions about human rights violations at Guantanamo?  More likely, they don’t want to do anything to legitimize U.N. involvement in the enforcement of human rights, at a time when the pro-torture policy of the administration will be getting increasing public scrutiny.