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Article: The U.N., the U.S. and the Commission on Human Rights.(United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
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- Peace and Freedom
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- March 22, 2006
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For 58 years the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has overseen the negotiation of a complex web of human rights treaties, codifying the vision of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into international law. By now every nation in the world has ratified at least one of the six major treaties and entered the process of self-examination and reporting required under each treaty, bringing their own laws into conformity with agreed international standards. The European Union actually requires ratification of all six major treaties as a prerequisite for membership.
Of course the U.S. Administration and Congress are presently dominated by men who have never had much ...