Alston will produce a final report next May, which will then go before the UN human rights council. He will produce a final report next May and that in turn will go before the UN human rights council. Alston takes a strip out of the US for what he suggests are its double standards over human rights. The Trump administration, in line with previous US governments, preaches about human rights to other countries while refusing to be bound itself by international rules. “The persistence of extreme poverty is a political choice made by those in power.

Source: The Guardian December 15, 2017 17:01 UTC