US again fails to show at UN for its human rights review

The UN’s top human rights body on Tuesday postponed a regular review of the US human rights record until January in hopes of persuading the Trump administration to reverse its decision to become the first government to snub the process. The move by the Human Rights Council buys it more time to try to coax Washington to take part in the review.

The council’s 47 member countries adopted without a vote the decision to delay the US review – amid “continued non-cooperation” with its process. The...