Launch a Human Rights Restoration Initiative

The United States needs to restore its leadership role in promoting and protecting human rights both nationally and internationally. Over the past few years the protection of human rights has degraded, and despite the fact that many human rights treaties have recently been signed, many have yet to be fully implemented. In order to make the US a world leader in human rights once again, it should:

• Fully implement and ratify all human rights treaties.
• Develop an economic and social rights agenda to protect housing, health, and education.
• Promote comprehensive Human Rights Education.
• Take into account whether nominations to the judiciary consistently support international human rights law.

Author: Catherine Albisa, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative