03-31-2003, 09:10 AM
The Convention on the Rights of the Child has so far been ratified by 191 nations, only Somalia and the U.S. have not done so. Clearly, this isnât an issue of the legality of male circumcision. The Convention is about "ensuring childrenâs rights to survival, to develop to the fullest, protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation, and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life" to quote UNICEF.
May it be that the U.S. is reluctant to ratify the Convention because of their pratice of sentencing children to death ? Executions are not very congruent with "ensuring children's rights to survival".
According to Amnesty International "Fifteen US states were holding a total of 82 child offenders on death row as of August 2002". To me, this is a shame.
PS. Do you think speculations on opinions and mental abilities belong in this discussion ?
May it be that the U.S. is reluctant to ratify the Convention because of their pratice of sentencing children to death ? Executions are not very congruent with "ensuring children's rights to survival".
According to Amnesty International "Fifteen US states were holding a total of 82 child offenders on death row as of August 2002". To me, this is a shame.
PS. Do you think speculations on opinions and mental abilities belong in this discussion ?
Sometimes present, sometimes veiled - death is always on your trail