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NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Spinal Association is extremely disappointed that the Senate failed today by a vote of 61-38 to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110413/MM82757LOGO ) "Opposition to ratification of the treaty is based on several extreme assertions by the far right, including that ratifying the CRPD would endanger U.S. sovereignty and that parents would lose...
Seven Senators pledge their support for U.S. ratification of the CRPD WASHINGTON, May 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, seven United States Senators issued a statement of bipartisan support for United States ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110601/DC11812LOGO) "The Convention was undertaken with the same goals as America had in enacting the ADA: to empower individuals with disabilities...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today addressed the Biological Weapons Convention -- a 1975 treaty outlawing their production and use -- in Geneva. Clinton is seeking to rally international efforts against the biological weapon threat, warning of the potential that new gene assembly technology could be used by terrorist groups to create new biological weapons. She said the emerging gene synthesis industry offers benefits to researchers “but it could also potentially be used to...
NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Felice Gaer has been reelected today to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) for an unprecedented fourth four-year term. She currently serves as vice-chair of the Geneva-based committee. Gaer is director of AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) "Global recognition of Felice Gaer's expertise in, and dedication to, advancing human rights protections...
80% of youth ages 12-17 think there should be more education about these rules before they are old enough to vote and enlist in the military WASHINGTON, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new American Red Cross survey reveals that only 1 in 5 American youth is familiar with the Geneva Conventions, while 4 in 5 think that the U.S. should better educate young people before they can vote and enlist in the military. These rules protect civilians in conflict zones, allow safe passage...
United States government official said Tuesday that he does not foresee a space arms control treaty anytime in the near future as there are still noticeable flaws in drafts being proposed at the moment. "I don't see any near-term progress on a space arms control treaty, but again I think there is a lot of shared interest between the US, Russia, China and others on providing space stability," said Frank Rose, deputy assistant secretary of state at the Bureau of Verification, Compliance and...
Newly published research suggests that government use of torture has increased worldwide despite international norms discouraging it.The study, published in The Journal of Legal Studies, found that between 1985 and 2003, reports of state-sponsored torture collected by the U.S. State Department and Amnesty International increased, even as a growing number of countries signed on to the United Nations Convention Against Torture."The results could not be clearer: there is no evidence that as...
RICHMOND, Va., July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obama today announced his intention to sign the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, marking an evolution in the perception of disability as a human rights issue as opposed to a health or social welfare issue. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2006, and has become one of the fastest negotiated Human Rights...
