Here's a good comment from that page. Deepa February 16th, 2009 3:38 pm
Deepa "She called on the U.N. Security Council and Human Rights Council to step up their abuse monitoring and to assist poorer nations with police training to better target rights violators." It is ironical Mary Robinson calling on UNSC "to step up their abuse monitoring". US and UK, which are permanent members of UNSC, are accused by the "international law experts" for violating international laws on human rights. Anti-terror measures worldwide have seriously undermined international human rights law, a report by legal experts says. It also said that the UK and the US have "actively undermined" international law by their actions. These included detention without trial, illegal disappearance and torture. Britain's pre-trial detention time limit of 28 days is one of the longest in the world. There are atleast two underlying premises in Robinson’s statement: 1. Some countries are labeled as DEMOCRACIES and other as HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS. These labels are ETERNAL (like the Christian doctrine of “eternal security of salvation”). No matter what these countries are and do in the present, do not change their status/position. UN Human Rights Commission, sometime ago, found out two states based on race in the US. Illegal wire-tapping, Bush’s signing statements, US torture policies, extraordinary renditions, US torture centers around the world, CIA criminal activities, US overt and covert support to dictators and opposition to democracies (in Pakistan, Palestine, Bolivia…), US funding and supplying of weapons to terrorist organizations…do not change its status as a DEMOCRACY, or even a BEACON OF DEMOCRACY. 2. Categorisation of countries as "democracies" and "human rights violators" based on their economic status: "to assist poorer nations with police training to better target rights violators." In this context one should remember the role being played in the Central and South America by the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC) at Fort Benning, Georgia. Only the ignorant of history and blind to the reality embrace the view that economic richness is directly proportional to moral/ethical richness, and economic poverty is directly proportional to moral/ethical poverty. Mary Robinson, the “international law expert” (?), is perpetuating the racist and colonial/imperial view of the US and the west. She would do better, if she reads the histories of some of these economically rich countries. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 5:16:06 PM Subject: {Dawgs/Dittos} Re: US 'War on Terror' Eroded Rights Worldwide Yep, so goes the US so goes the world... the pressure for accountability will come from the world too...Good! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WebTV Dawgs/Dittos" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/WebTV-Pals -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
