Quotes - Rogue State: United States

"Every country on earth has ratified the United Nations' Convention on the
Rights of the Child, which prohibits the death penalty for juvenile
offenders, with two exceptions: Somalia, which effectively has no
government, and the U.S.. Even China, one of the world's most enthusiastic
criminal-killers, recently banned juvenile executions."

"Wasted Youth," The Mojo Wire, December 23, 1999

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"(T)he U.S.A. is also one of only a handful of countries that have not
ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women."

Amnesty International "United States of America--Rights for All,"
October 1998

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"The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, meeting in Geneva in
April, called for a moratorium on all executions. The resolution was
co-sponsored by 63 nations. The U.S. was one of the few countries to
oppose it, along with such countries as Bangladesh, China, South Korea and
Rwanda."

Death Penalty Information Center "The Death Penalty in 1998: Year End
Report," December 1998

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"And the United States was one of only seven states voting against the
statute creating the ICC [International Criminal Court] at the Rome
Diplomatic Conference in July; 120 states voted for the treaty."

Human Rights Watch "World Report 1999, United States," explaining how
the U.S. opposed the creation of the legal entity which it then cynically
proceeded to use to promote the war effort in Kosovo.

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"In the case of landmines, the United States refused to join the 133
nations, including nearly every major U.S. ally, that had already signed
the treaty by October 1998."

Human Rights Watch "World Report 1999, United States"

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