United States of Hypocrisy : We don't ratify human rights treaties

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:

Holy See
Montenegro
United States of America
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Nauru
Palau
Qatar
Tonga
Somalia
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)

Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Bahrain
Belize
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
Comoros
Cook Islands
Cuba
Fiji
Haiti
Holy See
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Malaysia
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nauru
Niue
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Qatar
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
Tonga
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.

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