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Senate Left Pushes Intrusive U.N. Treaty
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Senate Left Pushes Intrusive U.N. Treaty
Wes Vernon, NewsMax.com
Thursday, June 6, 2002
WASHINGTON - A United Nations treaty seeks to impose world government-style authority over the personal affairs of all Americans. The so-called Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is scheduled for a hearing next week, to be conducted by far-left Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
This is yet another U.N. treaty that would meddle in personal matters that are none of its business. Originally signed by Jimmy Carter in 1979, it was never ratified by the Senate, although the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, just a few months before the big Republican sweep in 1994, did approve it.
The fact that the document has been in limbo in this country for 23 years is not hard to understand once its potential impact is realized.
Nations that are signatories to the treaty must appear before a CEDAW Committee to report on their progress in implementing the convention. The committee presumes then to render its judgment on internal policies of individual nations.
"The bottom line is that while some of these reports are absurd, some are dangerous," says Austin Ruse, president of Catholic Family Institute. "It would be irresponsible for the U.S. government to expose itself to this out-of-control committee."
Examples? Try these:
Mother's Day Is a No-No
Belarus has been criticized for establishing Mother's Day.
The U.S. has had a Mother's Day for decades. It has been taken for granted as part of the American tradition. But because Belarus established a special day to honor mothers for their role in nurturing their young, the CEDAW Committee declared itself to be "concerned by the continuing prevalence of sex-role stereotypes and by the reintroduction of such symbols as Mother's Day and a Mother's Award, which it sees as encouraging women's traditional roles."
It is also concerned whether "the introduction of human rights and gender education aimed at countering such stereotyping has been effectively implemented."
The CEDAW Committee has directed China to legalize prostitution even though prostitution is condemned in the convention. The committee says prostitution would be OK because it "is often a result of poverty and economic deprivation."
CEDAW criticizes Ireland for the influence of the Catholic Church in society and the state, in large part because of the church's opposition to abortion. The committee also directed Ireland to legalize abortion.
The committee has reprimanded Mexico for having a lack of access to easy and swift abortion.
Luxembourg has been criticized for "promoting a stereotype of men being the breadwinners of families."
Not Enough Babies Under State Control
CEDAW singled out Slovenia for harsh judgment because "less than 30 percent of children under three years of age were in formal day care."
Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America has described CEDAW as being "like the Equal Rights Amendment on steroids." Americans rejected the ERA 20 years ago.
Ruse says CEDAW "seeks to drive women from the home and to drive children into day care. CEDAW seeks to promote prostitutes and condemn mothers. CEDAW seeks the reinterpretation of religious doctrine."
What's more, CEDAW could open the door for prosecution of Americans under the International Criminal Court, another intrusive entity that seeks to break down sovereign rights of nations and replace them with international authority.
Legal scholars Richard G. Wilkins and Kathryn O. Balmforth have issued a paper saying: "Numerous advocacy groups have asserted they intend to use . language from the ICC to prosecute private and corporate conduct that violates, among other things, the provisions of CEDAW. U.S. ratification of CEDAW would strengthen the claims of these groups that the far-reaching terms of the treaty establish international `crimes' . for which U.S. corporations could be indicted by the ICC."
All of this notwithstanding the fact that the Bush administration has said the U.S. will not recognize the ICC because of concerns that it could set up a witch hunt whereby U.S. citizens could be hauled before this tribunal on trumped-up charges and without legal protections afforded by the U.S. Constitution.
There are reports that the Bush administration does not want to send anyone to testify before Boxer's subcommittee next week. CNSNews.com says the Bush White House has tried, obviously without success, to persuade the California Democrat not to pursue the hearing.
Media inquiries to the White House on this matter have gone unanswered. But NewsMax.com has reason to believe that the Bush White House does not intend to let Boxer, a crony and key ally of Sen. Hillary Clinton, lead it around by the nose on foreign policy.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/6/5/184219.shtml
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Wes Vernon, NewsMax.com
Thursday, June 6, 2002
WASHINGTON - A United Nations treaty seeks to impose world government-style authority over the personal affairs of all Americans. The so-called Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is scheduled for a hearing next week, to be conducted by far-left Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
This is yet another U.N. treaty that would meddle in personal matters that are none of its business. Originally signed by Jimmy Carter in 1979, it was never ratified by the Senate, although the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, just a few months before the big Republican sweep in 1994, did approve it.
The fact that the document has been in limbo in this country for 23 years is not hard to understand once its potential impact is realized.
Nations that are signatories to the treaty must appear before a CEDAW Committee to report on their progress in implementing the convention. The committee presumes then to render its judgment on internal policies of individual nations.
"The bottom line is that while some of these reports are absurd, some are dangerous," says Austin Ruse, president of Catholic Family Institute. "It would be irresponsible for the U.S. government to expose itself to this out-of-control committee."
Examples? Try these:
Mother's Day Is a No-No
Belarus has been criticized for establishing Mother's Day.
The U.S. has had a Mother's Day for decades. It has been taken for granted as part of the American tradition. But because Belarus established a special day to honor mothers for their role in nurturing their young, the CEDAW Committee declared itself to be "concerned by the continuing prevalence of sex-role stereotypes and by the reintroduction of such symbols as Mother's Day and a Mother's Award, which it sees as encouraging women's traditional roles."
It is also concerned whether "the introduction of human rights and gender education aimed at countering such stereotyping has been effectively implemented."
The CEDAW Committee has directed China to legalize prostitution even though prostitution is condemned in the convention. The committee says prostitution would be OK because it "is often a result of poverty and economic deprivation."
CEDAW criticizes Ireland for the influence of the Catholic Church in society and the state, in large part because of the church's opposition to abortion. The committee also directed Ireland to legalize abortion.
The committee has reprimanded Mexico for having a lack of access to easy and swift abortion.
Luxembourg has been criticized for "promoting a stereotype of men being the breadwinners of families."
Not Enough Babies Under State Control
CEDAW singled out Slovenia for harsh judgment because "less than 30 percent of children under three years of age were in formal day care."
Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America has described CEDAW as being "like the Equal Rights Amendment on steroids." Americans rejected the ERA 20 years ago.
Ruse says CEDAW "seeks to drive women from the home and to drive children into day care. CEDAW seeks to promote prostitutes and condemn mothers. CEDAW seeks the reinterpretation of religious doctrine."
What's more, CEDAW could open the door for prosecution of Americans under the International Criminal Court, another intrusive entity that seeks to break down sovereign rights of nations and replace them with international authority.
Legal scholars Richard G. Wilkins and Kathryn O. Balmforth have issued a paper saying: "Numerous advocacy groups have asserted they intend to use . language from the ICC to prosecute private and corporate conduct that violates, among other things, the provisions of CEDAW. U.S. ratification of CEDAW would strengthen the claims of these groups that the far-reaching terms of the treaty establish international `crimes' . for which U.S. corporations could be indicted by the ICC."
All of this notwithstanding the fact that the Bush administration has said the U.S. will not recognize the ICC because of concerns that it could set up a witch hunt whereby U.S. citizens could be hauled before this tribunal on trumped-up charges and without legal protections afforded by the U.S. Constitution.
There are reports that the Bush administration does not want to send anyone to testify before Boxer's subcommittee next week. CNSNews.com says the Bush White House has tried, obviously without success, to persuade the California Democrat not to pursue the hearing.
Media inquiries to the White House on this matter have gone unanswered. But NewsMax.com has reason to believe that the Bush White House does not intend to let Boxer, a crony and key ally of Sen. Hillary Clinton, lead it around by the nose on foreign policy.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/6/5/184219.shtml
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878