Los Comités de
Defensa del Barrio
Human Rights
Commission
Community Initiative
to proclaim Phoenix as a
Human Rights
City
November 28, 2012
November 28, 2012
PHOENIX, AZ – In the aftermath of implementation of AZ SB1070 Section 2b in Arizona, the Human Rights Commission of Los Comités de
Defensa del Barrio will present evidence and testimony before the City of Phoenix today of the systematic violations of Human Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families
by officials of the judicial system including local law enforcement officers.
On Monday November 19, 2012 the Human Rights Commission of
Los Comités de Defensa del Barrio conducted a Public Tribunal to collect and
evaluate community testimony and evidence of Civil Rights violations, Human
Rights violations, and the process of accountability by the City of Phoenix in
addressing these issues. Of
particular concern in this regard is the implementation of City of Phoenix Police Order 4.48 which
correlates to AZ SB1070 Section 2b.
The mandate of priority for the CDB Human Rights Commission is to define and denounce the systematic violation of Human Rights of Migrant workers and their Families in Arizona that has been institutionalized by AZ SB1070 Section 2b, resulting in blatant racial profiling and discriminatory policing. As mechanism of accountability, the CDB Human Rights Commission will institute the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly on December 10, 1948 as the standard for addressing and defining the human rights issues of priority concern for the Comités de Defensa del Barrio.
The United States of America is signatory to the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The mandate of priority for the CDB Human Rights Commission is to define and denounce the systematic violation of Human Rights of Migrant workers and their Families in Arizona that has been institutionalized by AZ SB1070 Section 2b, resulting in blatant racial profiling and discriminatory policing. As mechanism of accountability, the CDB Human Rights Commission will institute the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly on December 10, 1948 as the standard for addressing and defining the human rights issues of priority concern for the Comités de Defensa del Barrio.
The United States of America is signatory to the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It was at the Tribunal
del Pueblo where the Human Rights Commission of Los Comités de Defensa del
Barrio announced a grassroots initiative to establish the City of Phoenix as a Human Rights City (as has already been
done by Eugene, Oregon) and move to move forward continuously and
conscientiously to establish Human
Rights Zones throughout the Valley and State, where the UN Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on December 10, 1948, will be
recognized, respected, and defended as the Rule
of Law for all Peoples, including Indigenous Peoples, Equal to All Other
Peoples.
The proclamation of Phoenix as
a Human Rights City would
institute public acknowledgement, respect and affirmation of the Principles of
the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a legacy for the
future generations.
An initial task of the CDB Human Rights Commission will be to produce a report to be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council, and subsidiary human rights venues such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
An initial task of the CDB Human Rights Commission will be to produce a report to be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council, and subsidiary human rights venues such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
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Where do Human Rights Begin?
"Where, after all, do
universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so
small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world
of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college
he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places
where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal
dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they
have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them
close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world."
Eleanor Roosevelt
From
Civil Rights to Human Rights, Indigenous Rights and the Rights of Mother Earth!
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