This week, the U.S. government was meant to be reviewed at the United Nations as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, a peer-to-peer assessment of every country’s human rights record. In August, the Trump administration withdrew from the process and the U.S. is set to become the first country ever to avoid review . There will be more developments coming from Geneva later this week, but for now we wanted to share more about what this unprecedented moment means. The U.S. is pulling out of human rights mechanisms like the UPR so that it can get away with upending civil rights...