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I. HUMAN RIGHTS
In 1948, the UN General Assembly without a single dissenting vote passed
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Because the United
States was founded on the ideal of inalienable rights and because it is a
signatory to the Declaration, the provisions of this document should be
the criteria by which all policies, foreign or domestic, are
weighed. In keeping with the underlying spirit of the UDHR which
affirms the dignity and potential of each human being, the U.S. should:
1. Place the highest value on human rights for all children, women and men, including right to a safe environment, adequate water and sanitation, food, shelter, education, health services and fairness for asylum seekers and refugees. Such rights are interdependent and indivisible.
2. Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Convention on the Rights of the Child and two related protocols prohibiting use of Child Soldiers and the sale of children, and the Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
3. Report to the United Nations and make available to the public through the Internet the results of US compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Convention against Torture and the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
4. Encourage all public and private schools to include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the major international human rights treaties in their curriculum as a means of assuring that all US citizens understand their fundamental human rights.
5. Require the US government to implement Article VI of the US Constitution, which asserts that international treaties, including the UN Charter, shall become the "law of the land" and the "Judges bound thereby."
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