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=== News Update ===
United States of Hypocrisy : We don't ratify human rights treaties
Sept 21, 2006
"The principles of this world beyond terror can be found in the very first sentence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document declares that, "The equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom and justice and peace in the world. "
-- President Bush at the United Nations, Sept 19, 2006
COMPLETE list of states NOT YET RATIFYING the CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN (CEDAW), one of the enabling conventions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
1. Holy See
2. Montenegro
3. United States of America
4. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
5. Nauru
6. Palau
7. Qatar
8. Tonga
9. Somalia
10. Sudan
Latest to ratify: Cook Islands, August 11, 2006
Note: This treaty was signed by Jimmy Carter and has gone unratified by the United States of America for 27 years.
COMPLETE list of states NOT YET RATIFYING the INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (CESCR)
1. Andorra
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Bahamas
4. Bahrain
5. Belize
6. Bhutan
7. Brunei Darussalam
8. Comoros
9. Cook Islands
10. Cuba
11. Fiji
12. Haiti
13. Holy See
14. Kazakhstan
15. Kiribati
16. Lao People's Democratic Republic
17. Malaysia
18. Maldives
19. Marshall Islands
20. Micronesia (Federated States of)
21. Mozambique
22. Myanmar
23. Nauru
24. Niue
26. Oman
27. Pakistan
28. Palau
29. Papua New Guinea
30. Qatar
31. Saint Kitts and Nevis
32. Saint Lucia
33. Sao Tome and Principe
34. Saudi Arabia
35. Singapore
36. South Africa
37. Tonga
38. United States of America
This treaty was signed by Jimmy Carter in 1977 and has gone unratified by the United States of America for 29 years.
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (MWC) -- NOT SIGNED OR RATIFIED BY USA (adopted:1990)
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (CRC) -- SIGNED (1995) BUT NOT RATIFIED BY USA (adopted:1989)Status: 192 countries have ratified this Treaty.
CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE (CAT) -- RATIFIED BY USA (1994), but ignored at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, among other locations. The Senate also passed an Act which implements Article 3 which prohibits transfer of any person to another state where there is evidence he or she would be subject to torture. Flagrantly ignored by the "Freedom Agenda" President.source:
http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12604351.html
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