The National Home Education Legal Defense (NHELD) has created three bulletins on the United Nation's Convention of the Rights of the Child. Judy Aron brought these to my attention several weeks back, but I'm just now mentioning them. Judy works at the Director of Research at the NHELD. (Oh, and there is still time to contribute money to Judy's campaign.)
The first bulletin (#54) defines terms, for example what is the difference between a treaty, an agreement and a convention.
The next bulletin (#55) provides some background on the historical precent for when there is a conflict between a treaty and United States law, both at the federal and state levels.
And the final bulletin (#56) raises a whole bunch of issues with the Convention of the Rights of the Child. One of the things that struck me is just how vague is the Convention. The NHELD lists many, many problems with the Convention; there are too many to summarize. As they say, read the whole list.
The NHELD concludes with:
"NHELD opposes this treaty as it is written. It leaves too many questions unanswered, it invites more federal regulation, and that federal regulation may supersede parental rights under state law."
and encourages citizens to contact their Senators and encourage them to oppose this Convention.
There is a lot of information in these three bulletins, and they are well worth reading. After reading them, contact your senators and encourage them to oppose the Convention.
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