As of November 2009, 194 countries have ratified it, including every member of the United Nations except Somalia and the United States. When a nation ratifies this convention they are BOUND to it by international law. If the United States ratifies this convention than INTERNATIONAL LAW would rule over our nations laws when it comes to OUR children and their needs. This convention could then decide the human rights standard for ALL children of the world (those nations that have ratified this convention). Everything from immunizations, health and wellness, education and even religion could all be controlled by this world convention.
In Article 7 of the document it states: The child shall be registered immediately after birth... The Convention is making a documentation process for all children to be assigned a "social worker" if you will, to follow them and implement the "plan" for their life according to the Convention. This is just one of many "scary" things that this Convention is about. The "convention" will have final authority over the children of the "convention". Parent's will be secondary to the system.
We need our congress to hear us as we desire to have Americans making laws for Americans, not world conventions. Currently in the US Senate there are 25 cosponsors on Senate Resolution 519 which opposes US ratification of the UN Convention. Parental Rights has a list of Senators in the congress and how to contact them on their web-site. Please CALL YOUR SENATOR and let your voice be heard. You can also go to Parental Rights web-site and click on your state, then click on the senator's/representative's name in your area and you will be taken to their home page. This is a valuable tool to know who to contact and where they are located.
Currently there are a number a states legislatures that have taken up resolutions opposing ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child or are urging Congress to pass the Parental Rights Amendment to the States for ratification. A few have done both. Here is a summary of those resolutions by State:
Hawaii
Complementary resolutions supporting the proposed Parental Rights Amendment are currently assigned to committees in the House (H.C. R. 60) and Senate (S.C.R. 74). Action Items: Call your representatives in HI's state House and Senate and urge them to support HCR 60 and SCR 74.
Michigan
H.C.R. 45, a resolution supporting the Parental Rights Amendment, has been introduced in the House with 60 sponsors out of the 110 member body. Action Items: Call your representative in MI's state House and urge him to support HCR 45.
Alaska
S.J.R. 26, supporting the Parental Rights Amendment, was introduced in Alaska's State Senate on January 20, 2010. Action Items: Call your representative in AK's state Senate and urge him to support SJR 26.
Tennessee SUCCESS!
H.J.R. 0369, opposing U.S. ratification of the UN's CRC, passed the General Assembly (70-20) in June 09 and the Senate (26-3) in February 10.
Oklahoma SUCCESS!
H.C.R. 1033, opposing U.S. ratification of the UN's CRC, passed both the House (61-28) and the Senate. The resolution has been referred to OK's Secretary of State.
South Dakota SUCCESS!
H.C.R. 1014, supporting the Parental Rights Amendment, passed both the House (41-28) and the Senate (21-13) in March 2010.
Louisiana SUCCESS!
S.C.R. 38, supporting the Parental Rights Amendment, unanimously passed both the House (93-0) and the Senate (34-0) in June 2010.
Virginia
H.J.R. 193, opposing US ratification of the CRC and supporting the Parental Rights Amendment, passed VA's House (64-31) on Feb. 15th but was killed in a Senate subcommittee through lack of any action at all - they never even met.
Volunteers are working on similar state resolutions in the following states: California, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, and Utah.
Please help to protect the right of children to have their interest protected by their parents over some oversight committee.
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