At the United Nations, the Holder Department of Justice highlights their specious fight against voter ID laws in the United States, ignoring the fact that many countries require ID to vote, including Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
See an excerpt of the testimony of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roy Austin to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC):
Our aggressive enforcement of our nation’s civil rights laws shows our commitment to meeting our international human rights obligations, including those under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.First and foremost, the right to vote is the bedrock of any democracy. The Justice Department is committed to ensuring full participation in our democratic process through the aggressive and evenhanded enforcement of our voting rights laws. In recent months, to protect the rights of minority voters, we, under the leadership of Attorney General Eric Holder, filed lawsuits against the states of Texas and North Carolina seeking to block the implementation of their highly restrictive voter identification laws. These lawsuits evidence the department’s continuing commitment to ensuring that Americans across the country can cast a ballot free from discrimination.