A video archive of the United States proceedings before the Human Rights Committee in Geneva is now available here. The Committee released its summary of the proceedings, which is available here. Further analysis from JustSecurity will be forthcoming, but for now, here is some press coverage:
- U.S. Defends surveillance before UN rights panel (AFP, Jonathan Fowler);
- U.N. watchdog condemns U.S. for human rights failures (MSNBC, Trymaine Lee);
- U.S. defends mass surveillance at UN (RussiaToday);
- U.S. responds to Guantánamo Bay and NSA criticisms made by U.N. committee (The Guardian, Ed Pilkington);
- U.S. criticised by U.N. for human rights failings on NSA, guns and drones (The Guardian, Ed Pilkington)
- US responds to Guantánamo Bay and NSA criticisms made by UN committee (The Guardian, Ed Pilkington);
- U.S., Rebuffing U.N., Maintains Stance That Rights Treaty Does Not Apply Abroad (New York Times, Charlie Savage)
- U.N. rights watchdog urges release of Senate report on CIA torture (Reuters, Stephanie Nebehay).