I know what the HRC is.
Did they not have Sudan or some other awful country on that council recently?
And I did know we were not on it.
Gadaffi To Head Human Rights Body
Updated: 08:31, Monday August 19, 2002
Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi is to head an international watchdog on human rights.
Libya is to be elected chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights - despite its links with terrorism and torture.
The move sparked a storm of controversy as it emerged British officials did nothing to block the appointment.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12090008,00.html
No, Sudan was not it in. (There was another useless UN unit, Commission on Human Rights, which had Sudan and Libya in it).
HRC is UN unit, and US is part of UN so technically US belongs to HRC (even if it is not in its council - similarly some countries are not in UN Security Council). The council membership is rotating.
US is currently supporting HRC:
U.S. President George W. Bush declared that the United States would not seek a seat on the Council, saying it would be more effective from the outside. He did pledge, however, to support the Council financially. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said, “We will work closely with partners in the international community to encourage the council to address serious cases of human rights abuse in countries such as Iran, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Burma, Sudan, and North Korea.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Human_Rights_Council