Banning cluster munitions: What will it take?
[Editor's note: This is a guest post written by Sujal Parikh.] On December 22, New Zealand and Belgium became the …Continue Reading
Tag Archives: human rights treaties
Self-governance and international treaties
A comment on OpenForum’s August 10th post on the US ratification of the Convention of the Rights of the Child …Continue Reading
Why won’t the US agree to human rights treaties?
On July 30, US ambassador Susan Rice signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), joining …Continue Reading
Population Health Unaffected by Ratification of Human Rights Treaties
International human rights treaties are drafted with the hope of improving the lives of vulnerable groups, with better health often …Continue Reading