'Shadow' human rights report to accuse United States of violating international human rights treaties
Friday, July 07, 2006
- Organization: Rawstory.com
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A scathing report submitted to the United Nations' Human Rights Committee and copied to RAW STORY by a coalition of 142 U.S. non-governmental organizations alleges serious human rights violations by the United States.
The report, which will be delivered to the UN Human Rights Committee July 10, alleges that the US violated the right to life and non-discrimination statutes of international human rights treaties to which the US is a signatory - citing evacuations based on income and property levels in New Orleans after Katrina, alleged abuse at California prisons and the incarceration of children in adult jails.
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