Mr. Speaker. on the 34th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. it is indeed ironic that the United States is currently engaged in violation of article 13. which guarantees the right of a person to emigrate from their homeland. The interdiction of Haitian vessels on the high seas by our U.S. Coast Guard is in direct violation of article 13. Interdiction certainly violates the principle of nonrefoulement in the U.N. protocol relating to refugees. The return of Haitians to their country. given the gross and consistent pattern of human rights violations. makes a mockery of International Human Rights Day and the U.S. commitments to uphold our international treaty obligations. In particular.
Keywords matched
emigrate refugees