Council members in Geneva, Switzerland, levelled a barrage of criticisms at the US administration on Friday, calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison and for investigations into alleged torture by US troops abroad.
The council's first review of the US human rights record was part of a gradual examination of the performance of all 192 UN members over a four-year period.
Iran's delegation accused the US of violating human rights though covert CIA operations "carried out on pretext of combating terrorism".
European countries said Washington should ban the death penalty. Mexico urged it to halt racial profiling and the use of lethal force in controlling illegal migration over its border.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, called on Washington to better promote religious tolerance.
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