{"id":26458,"date":"2023-04-19T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/?p=26458"},"modified":"2023-06-21T21:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T21:01:58","slug":"coalition-letter-to-the-white-house-and-state-department-on-the-us-periodic-report-to-the-un-human-rights-committee-under-the-iccpr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/coalition-letter-to-the-white-house-and-state-department-on-the-us-periodic-report-to-the-un-human-rights-committee-under-the-iccpr\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition Letter to the White House and State Department on the US Periodic Report to the UN Human Rights Committee Under The ICCPR","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Re: United States Periodic Report to the UN Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Ms. McDonald, Mr. Berschinski and Mr. Vail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The undersigned organizations call on the Biden administration to update the United States\u2019 fifth periodic report to the UN Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The Committee will be basing its review on this report, which was submitted by the Trump administration on January 15, 2021. This report version lacks updates on existing U.S. policies, as well as a commitment to expand protections for marginalized communities, especially non-citizens, in the context of reproductive health and access to medical care. It is critical \u2014 and consistent with the Biden administration\u2019s policy commitments \u2014 to address the gaps between current U.S. policies and the ICCPR.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a class=\"uk-button uk-button-primary\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/documents\/coalition-letter-white-house-and-state-department-us-periodic-report-un-human-rights?redirect=letter\/coalition-letter-us-state-department-and-white-house-us-periodic-report-un-hrc-under-iccpr\">Read the Full Letter<\/a><\/p>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The undersigned organizations call on the Biden administration to update the United States\u2019 fifth periodic report to the UN Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The Committee will be basing its review on this report, which was submitted by the Trump administration on January 15, 2021. This report version lacks updates on existing U.S. policies, as well as a commitment to expand protections for marginalized communities, especially non-citizens, in the context of reproductive health and access to medical care. It is critical \u2014 and consistent with the Biden administration\u2019s policy commitments \u2014 to address the gaps between current U.S. policies and the ICCPR.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":35,"featured_media":25592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[26,66,12],"acf":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/52833334485_3cb0086de0_b.jpg",1024,683,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/52833334485_3cb0086de0_b.jpg",1024,683,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/52833334485_3cb0086de0_b.jpg",1024,683,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/52833334485_3cb0086de0_b-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/52833334485_3cb0086de0_b-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/52833334485_3cb0086de0_b.jpg",1024,683,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/52833334485_3cb0086de0_b.jpg",1024,683,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/52833334485_3cb0086de0_b.jpg",1024,683,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"tdresslar","author_link":"https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/author\/tdresslar\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaljusticecenter.net\/category\/letters\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Letters<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The undersigned organizations call on the Biden administration to update the United States\u2019 fifth periodic report to the UN Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). 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