-Caveat Lector- Any one is free to move to ANY other country if things are SOOOOOOO awful here. On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:59:40 -0800 radman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -Caveat Lector- > > > > >http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/usa/index.html > >Human Rights Watch > >World Report 2001 > >Washington D.C., December 7, 2000 > > > >The Human Rights Watch World Report 2001 blasts the United States > for > >its trampling down of all human rights in all possible categories, > >essentially saying that the U.S. is the worst human rights offender > >on the planet. > > > >Right in the opening lines, the report ominously states that for > the > >United States government at the end of the year 2000, "evidence of > >its domestic human rights legacy was scant." > > > >Also, as ever in world history, the United States continued to be > >highly reluctant to see itself as part of the human family, and, > >putting himself above others as something special to whom do not > >apply normal standards of behaviour, elementary ethical norms and > >international human rights treaties, it "made little progress in > >embracing international human rights standards." > > > >So, in the year 2000, most U.S. leaders "remained either unaware of > >their human rights obligations or content to ignore them." > > > >The World Report 2001 highlights fascistic practices in the > American > >police and prison system that included both legalized and > clandestine > >murder and torture. "As in previous years, serious human rights > >violations were most apparent in the criminal justice > >system-including police brutality, discriminatory racial > disparities > >in incarceration, abusive conditions of confinement, and > >state-sponsored executions, even of juvenile offenders and the > >mentally handicapped." > > > >The Human Rights World Report also unmasks the virtual > non-existence > >of free labor unions in the United States where "extensively > >documented human rights violations also included violations of > >workers' rights, discrimination against gay men and lesbians in the > >military, and the abuse of migrant child farmworkers." > > > >The Human Rights World Report says that the United States does not > >even think of reforming itself and adapting to international norms > >but seeks rewriting those norms according to its own taste. Thus, > to > >sign two United Nations Conventions, "The United States in 2000 > >submitted reports on its compliance with...the Convention against > >Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or > >Punishment," but then, "It failed to acknowledge crucial weaknesses > >in laws and mechanisms to protect the right to be free of torture > and > >cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as the > >serious obstacles abuse victims face in securing legal redress. It > >failed also to confront forthrightly the prevalence of abuses > against > >detained and incarcerated men, women and children throughout the > >United States." In addition, "The report (submitted by the U.S. to > >the U.N.) also glossed over the impact of the reservations, > >understandings, and declarations the United States made when it > >ratified the convention. The United States redefined torture, as > >prohibited by the convention, to include only conduct already > >prohibited under the U.S. Constitution and to exclude, with few > >exceptions, mental torture that is not accompanied by physical > > torture. It also declared the treaty to be non-self-executing, > and > >then failed to enact implementing legislation, with the result that > >U.S. residents cannot turn to the courts to seek protection of the > >rights affirmed under the treaty. The U.S., in effect, declined to > >change its laws to bring them up to international standards." > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER > ========== > CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing > propagandic > screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! 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