Coast Guard. This action was a denial of the human right of political asylum. which has long been a part of our American heritage. Our failure to act was also an apparent violation of article 33 of the 1951 United Nations convention and protocol relating to the status of refugees. as well as a violation of the 1967 Geneva protocol on this subject. This unfortunate occurrence happened during a period when the nations of the world are already confused about our position on human rights. Their confusion is a result of our failure to ratify the genocide and other major human rights conventions of the United Nationsafter our leadership efforts in drafting these conventions.
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