US Faces Questions About Policing, Counterterrorism in UN Rights Review
Source: Voice of America
U.S. officials faced questions Monday in Geneva about the use of the death penalty, excessive force by police and national security measures as the United Nations' Human Rights Council conducted a review of the country's rights practices.
Justice Department official James Cadogan cited a number of recent high-profile cases involving police killing unarmed black men, saying the U.S. must do better to uphold civil rights.
"These events challenge us to do better and to work harder for progress," Cadogan said.
The use of the death penalty in the United States also drew wide attention, with nations calling for abolishing the practice and others saying at a minimum the U.S. needs to take steps to ensure prisoners with intellectual disabilities are not executed.
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