The preamble to the U.N. Charter includes the following basic objectives of the organization: "To reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights. in the dignity and worth of the human person. in the equal rights of men and women of nations large and small * * ". To this end. the United States has ratified or acceded to many multilateral treaties. including the Slavery Convention. the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. and the Convention on the Political Rights of Women. Embracing such treaties speaks highly of the U.S. commitment to human rights. Yet. within this tradition of human rights support there exists one highly visible contradiction: The failure of the United States to ratify the Genocide Convention.
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