Biden’s Decision to Re-Engage UN Human Rights Council Met With Praise and Criticism

Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Yucheng (C) is seen on a giant TV screen delivering a speech before the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva, on Nov. 6, 2018. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

The Biden administration has received mixed responses from Congress over its decision to have the United States re-engage with the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Under the Trump administration, the United States withdrew from the 47-member council in June 2018, noting that some of the worst human rights abusers—China, Cuba, and Venezuela—were council members.