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10-11-11 UN calling upon the US to ratify and comply with Human Rights treaties and
conventions, abolish the death penalty, guarantee habeas corpus rights, criminalize
torture, close Guantanamo Bay
Los Angeles, November 12 - The Working Group of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations
released the Informal Outcome document of the 2010 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Human Rights in
the United States. [1] Following the UPR protocol, the document will be formally adopted in the Regular
Session of the Human Rights Council in March 2011.
The document, dated November 10, 2010, was classified as: "Distr.: Limited". Excerpts from the document
are copied below. The Outcome document calls upon the United State to:
• Ratify various Human Rights treaties and conventions, which the United States failed to ratify so far.
• Abolish the death penalty, or impose a moratorium on its execution.
• Guarantee the right for habeas corpus.
• Criminalize torture through enactment of federal law, and prosecute the perpetrators of torture.
• Cease assassinations by contractors.
• Safeguard the rights of children, workers, immigrants, and migrant workers.
Human Rights Alert’s submission for the 2010 UPR of the United States was incorporated in the HRC staff
report, with reference to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession” in California.
Human Rights Alert (NGO) is dedicated to discovering, archiving, and disseminating evidence of Human
Rights violations by the justice systems of the State of California and the United States in Los Angeles,
California, and beyond. Special emphasis is given to the unique role of computerized case management
systems in the precipitous deterioration of integrity of the justice system.
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LINKS
[1] 10-11-10 Human Rights Working Group: Outcome Document of the 2010 UPR of the United States:
Wg.6 9 l.9 usa
http://www.scribd.com/doc/42157366/
Excerpts from the November 10, 2010 Outcome document of the 2010 Universal Review of Human
Rights in the United States
Ratification And Compliance With Treaties And Conventions:
92.1. Ratify without reservations the following conventions and protocols:
CEDAW; the ICESCR; the Convention on the Rights of the Child; the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families; the International Convention for the Protection of
All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; the Statute of the International
Criminal Court; those of the ILO; the United Nations Declaration on
Indigenous Peoples, and all those from the Inter-American Human Rights
System (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela);
92.2. Continue the process to ratify CEDAW and adhere to the other human
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LINKS
[1] 10-11-10 Human Rights Working Group: Outcome Document of the 2010 UPR of the United States:
Wg.6 9 l.9 Usa
http://www.scribd.com/doc/42157366/