Recently in the international press and the socio-political environment, actively discussed the output of the United States of the UN Human Rights Council. Human rights organizations, including those in the United States itself, wonder, how can "the world's most democratic country" do not care about democracy and human rights. However, these issues seem to be very strange. The impression, that human rights defenders have completely forgotten about the history of the USA, including the history of the most recent period.
If you really forget, it should be recalled. Moreover, mention and one historical fact in this case, it may be more than enough.
31 January 1865 , the 13th amendment to the constitution was adopted in the US, which prohibited slavery throughout the United States. It would seem, and here the recent history of the United States?.. And, moreover,, that in the current (2018) - the year of the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council - the United States was exactly 5 (!) years since, as the instrument of ratification of the 13th amendment was sent to the US from the last state Fedreestr, gave to the execution of legislation is good.
We are talking about Mississippi, which almost 150 years have not considered it necessary to ratify a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, and therefore formally (local legislation) slavery in Mississippi remained until 2013 year - on the background of the, that the US president has been elected African American (Barack Obama).
It looks like some kind of phantasmagoria, but legal (and are very sensitive to any legal nuances in the US) - it's like that: slavery in the United States was finally abolished it 5 years ago - in 2013 year - after the ratification of the named state, derzhavshym “defense” until the last. And no human rights issues for some reason did not arise.
by the way, at the elections 2012 year in Mississippi, Obama lost miserably Mitt Romney (563 thousand. votes against almost 711 thousand.). Lost Obama in Mississippi and 2008 year. he scored 43% votes, and then his chief rival, John McCain - more 56%.
So that, if you say, that American democracy is not more than five years, it is unlikely that it will be a serious mistake.
