WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, across the ocean, President Obama is accepting the Nobel Peace Prize which he has described as a "call to action." The Campaign for a New Domestic Human Rights Agenda is calling on President Obama to heed the call by taking concrete actions to reaffirm the United States' longstanding bipartisan commitment to human rights right here at home.
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"Human Rights Day is more that a just a day to remember a document created more than 60 years ago. It is a day to remember and recognize the people all across America whose human rights are still being violated and to call on President Obama and Congress to make sure that the United States is living up to all of our domestic human rights obligations," said Lisa Crooms, Chair of the Steering Committee for the Campaign for a New Domestic Human Rights Agenda.
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The Campaign is urging the Obama administration to translate our country's human rights commitments from rhetoric into reality by building and incorporating human rights principles into domestic policies and into the way government operates throughout federal agencies.
Specifically, the Campaign for a New Domestic Human Rights Agenda calls for the following:
The Campaign for a New Domestic Human Rights Agenda is a coalition of approximately 50 national U.S.-based organizations that came together to support human rights at home and abroad soon after the election last year. Among them are major human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, and social justice groups. http://www.ushrnetwork.org/new_domestic_human_rights
-- The Obama Administration should ensure vigorous interagency coordination in the implementation of U.S. human rights treaty obligations by issuing a new and enhanced Executive Order on Implementation of Human Rights. An active and effective interagency mechanism on human rights would greatly facilitate and enhance the government's efforts to play a leadership role in promoting human rights and the rule of law at home and abroad. There must be transparency and accountability throughout the administration regarding its commitment to human rights.
SOURCE Campaign for a New Domestic Human Rights Agenda
