Focus (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 14, 2007
Human Rights Activism Begins With the Homeless Here at Home
Forum Column - By Tanya Tull and Maria Foscarinis - The United States' commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides a mandate for state and local governments to address the problems of crippling homelessness and poverty.
By Tanya Tull
and Maria Foscarinis
Earlier this week, the global community celebrated International Human Rights Day, which commemorates the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. The ideals embodied in the Universal Declaration were later codified into human rights treaties, a number of which the U.S. has ratified. Under Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, this rat...
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