Help Protect Childrens Rights

  • by: Thomas Houchin
  • recipient: Ralph Hall, Representative of District 4 in Texas
The legal protection of children in the United States is "amongst the strongest in the world" if this is true than why can’t we approve and contribute to the immense struggle of children’s rights world-wide? UNICEF works in nearly 160 countries and ensures all children the protection from;Child slavery, forced labor, forced early marriages, lack of nutrition, child prostitution and a mushrooming population of AIDS orphans. This is a significant chance to break apart and possibly eliminate key components of militias and human rights abuses all around the world. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely and rapidly ratified human rights treaty in history. Only two countries, Somalia and the United States, have not ratified this celebrated agreement. Somalia is currently unable to proceed to ratification as it has no recognized government. By signing the Convention, the United States has signaled its intention to ratify—but has yet to do so after twelve years of putting it aside. More countries have ratified the Convention than any other human rights treaty in history—192 countries had become State Parties to the Convention as of November 2005. “These basic standards—also called human rights—set minimum entitlements and freedoms that should be respected by governments.They are founded on respect for the dignity and worth of each individual, regardless of race, colour, gender, language, religion, opinions, origins, wealth, birth status or ability and therefore apply to every human being everywhere.With these rights comes the obligation on both governments and individuals not to infringe on the parallel rights of others. These standards are both interdependent and indivisible; we cannot ensure some rights without—or at the expense of—other rights.”  Please encourage congress to further go the ratification process of this treaty and save the lives of millions.
Dear Ralph Hall, I am encouraged by the effort the United States has made by signing the Convention on the Rights of the Child but am also outraged that it has been twelve years sense the signing took place by Madeleine Albright (at the time the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations) and that the ratification of this valuable treaty has yet to occur. At the time, president Bill Clinton chose to submit the convention to the Senate for ratification by a two-thirds majority, nevertheless, this never happened. I urge you to address this state of affairs with utter-most concern and to fight whatever barricades you must to help pass the CRC (Committee on the Rights of the Child) in a timely manner, we the people have been waiting for twelve years, far long enough and we come to you in hopes that you will hear the our frustrations and help with our concerns.  The CRC works in nearly 160 countries to protect children from child slavery, forced labor, forced early marriages, lack of nutrition, child prostitution and a mushrooming population of AIDS orphans. This is a significant chance to break apart and possibly eliminate key components of militias and human rights abuses all around the world. A banner amount of countries are fighting this immense suffrage and I (your name) wish for the United States to further go its ratification process to the CRC.  Sincerely and with vast hopes,(Your name)(Your address)
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