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Stiffed by U.S., UN Asks Groups to Report on U.S. Rights Violations
One World US ^ | Tue Oct 18, 8:59 PM ET | Niko Kyriakou

Posted on 10/19/2005 4:21:21 AM PDT by Jay777

SAN FRANCISCO, October 18 (OneWorld) - In an unprecedented move, a UN committee has asked human and civil rights groups to submit reports and testify on U.S. breaches of international law, filling a gap left by the U.S. government’s failure to submit its own report.

The 18-member United Nations Human Rights Committee, which reviews nations’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, began reviewing country reports Monday and will complete its session on October 24.

But for the third time since ratifying the treaty in 1992, the United States has failed to submit its five-year report to the committee on U.S. violations of the treaty.

The treaty, which entered into force in 1976 and has been signed by 155 countries, outlaws torture or degrading treatment, protects self-determination, and ensures that all people everywhere are treated within the law.

Without a U.S. report, the committee usually skips over discussions of U.S. compliance.

But anticipating an absent U.S. report, the Human Rights Committee took precautions this year.

Last August, the committee sent a letter to a number of U.S.-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the World Organization for Human Rights USA, requesting reports on U.S. transgressions of the treaty, to be used in case the U.S. itself failed to report.

Specifically, the committee’s letter requested documentation relating to, “the fight against terrorism following the events of 11 September 2001 and notably the implications of the Patriot Act on nationals as well as non-nationals; and problems relating to the legal status and treatment of persons detained in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Iraq, and other places of detention outside the USA.”

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To: poobear

Wait until Slick Willie assumes his proper seat at the head of the UN table. He'll whip the USA into line.

What a joke these buffoons are.


21 posted on 10/19/2005 5:30:54 AM PDT by Family_Before_Party
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To: Family_Before_Party
I'm sure Willie and the Beast dream of the sweet 'deals' they could accomplish as the world dictators of the 21st century!

Ugh!
22 posted on 10/19/2005 5:34:39 AM PDT by poobear (Imagine a world of liberal silence!)
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To: Jay777

I can't understand why anyone would support the ACLU. What do they do that's worthwhile?


23 posted on 10/19/2005 5:37:12 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

Is this a trick question?


24 posted on 10/19/2005 5:39:00 AM PDT by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: Jay777
U.S. to UN . . . "Here's our report, reflective of the worth we put on it."


25 posted on 10/19/2005 5:49:38 AM PDT by geedee (Most people don't really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility and courage.)
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To: purpleland
Scout motto: "Be Prepared."

I am!

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26 posted on 10/19/2005 6:02:28 AM PDT by magslinger (At the end of the day the only truly educated people are autodidacts.)
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To: Jay777

I suggest we form our own civil rights group dedicated to the 2nd Amendment and to the rights of the unborn. Then we flood the UN with our reports.

Mike


27 posted on 10/19/2005 6:04:19 AM PDT by BCR #226
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To: gieriscm

ping...


28 posted on 10/19/2005 6:05:19 AM PDT by BCR #226
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To: Jay777

What is the "United Nations"?


29 posted on 10/19/2005 6:14:46 AM PDT by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death.” - Al-Qaeda / Democratic Party)
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To: Dallas59

Is this a trick question?


30 posted on 10/19/2005 6:17:34 AM PDT by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: Jay777
"The treaty...ensures that all people everywhere are treated within the law."

Is this a joke?

31 posted on 10/19/2005 6:19:01 AM PDT by GVnana
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To: Jay777

I've been rather critical of the Bush administration in the last few weeks, w/ Miers and whatnot, but if there is one thing the president and his people have gotten right, it's their treatment of the UN. Instead of wringing their hands and submitting to the UN's 'superior moral authoirty' </barf> like every Democrat out there, they've told the UN where they can shove it. Now, if we could only stop sending them money.


32 posted on 10/19/2005 6:24:00 AM PDT by jjm2111 (99.7 FM Radio Kuwait)
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To: F.J. Mitchell

Screw the UN.

Why couldn't the 9/11 planes have hit the UN building instead? Am I a sick bastard for wishing they had?


33 posted on 10/19/2005 6:26:41 AM PDT by RockinRight (I am beginning to think conservatism is buried somewhere under New Orleans' mud...)
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To: RockinRight

"Am I a sick bastard for wishing they had?"

LOL! No way, you are just as healthy as I am.


34 posted on 10/19/2005 6:29:58 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Don't quag Miers!!!!)
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To: purpleland

Suggested Added Advisory, Caligula: "ODERINT DUM METUANT" - Let them hate, so long as they fear.


35 posted on 10/19/2005 6:34:56 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: SittinYonder
Best possible outcome: The United Nations Security Council will deem the U.S. a threat and attempt to send in troops.

Our first invasion clue would be the UN request for troops.

36 posted on 10/19/2005 6:37:54 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1 (Lock-n-load!)
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To: geedee

The graphic you posted would apply to Amnesty International reports on U.S. Human Rights violations.

Let's face it: AI and UN are scapegoating America because they are too cowardly, ethically corrupt and intellectually dishonest to call out terrorist orgs and oppressive governments on their murderous violations.

I say: Throw their cowardly duplicity right back between the eyes of their two-faced hypocrisy. Mock these phonies for posing on a grandstand against human rights violations.


37 posted on 10/19/2005 6:39:49 AM PDT by purpleland (Vigilance and Valor!)
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To: magslinger

Scout motto: "Be Prepared."

I am!

*Way to go!


38 posted on 10/19/2005 6:44:02 AM PDT by purpleland (Vigilance and Valor!)
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To: Jay777

The U.S. needs to adopt the policy invented by David Ben Gurien (or was that Golda Meir?). It is called Oom-Shmoom: where no one gives a sh*t about the UN.


39 posted on 10/19/2005 6:47:13 AM PDT by Paul_Denton (Stom ta jora Oom (Translation: Shut the F*** up UN))
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
Our first invasion clue would be the UN request for troops.

I'm laughing ... but you're probably right!

40 posted on 10/19/2005 6:48:30 AM PDT by SittinYonder (Flea, feather, bird, egg, nest, twig, branch, limb, tree, and the bog down in the valley - o.)
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