John Sifton: “the issue really boils down to the politicization of the process. It has become politicized, and that has hurt it.”

It would be a mistake to fear a situation in which established political forces are so weakened that they cease to exist.

I hope one thing that can come out of this hearing is that Members of Congress can press Ambassador Haley on why she made the disastrous, shortsighted and, frankly, childish decision to withdraw from the Human Rights Council yesterday.

I would submit that membership in an entity who purports to espouse particular values as it relates to basic human rights and yet allows actors who are some of the most egregious violators of those values the positions and authority that…

I appreciate the subcommittee's interest in the human rights situation in Vietnam and welcome the efforts today to address it.