“The most desirable aspects of the Law of the Sea Treaty pertain to navigational rights.” LawRightsSeaAspectDesirableTreaties Author:Frank Gaffney
“World peace is threatened not only by weapons of mass destruction but also by conventional weapons which have led to countless violations of human rights, including the rights to life and to physical integrity. A strong treaty can contribute greatly to international and regional peace, security and stability.” WorldHumansStrongRightsSecurityIntegrityWeaponsMassDestructionIncludingInternationalHuman RightsStabilityConventionalThreatenedViolationWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionTreatiesViolation Of Human RightsRights To Life Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They inveigh against the governments of Europe, because, as they say, they favor the powerful and oppress the weak. ... [yet] you will see them with one hand hoisting the cap of liberty, and with the other flogging their slaves. You will see them one hour lecturing their mob on the indefeasible rights of man, and the next driving from their homes the children of the soil, whom they have bound themselves to protect by the most solemn treaties.” MenMindChildrenHomeHandsGovernmentNextHoursPowerfulCommonLibertyPrinciplesPracticeRightsImpossibleHonestyProtectEuropeWeakSlaveBoundsFavorsDrivingSoilHypocrisyContradictionSolemnCapsTreatiesOne HourLecturingFlogging Author:Frances Trollope
“As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties.” FirstsStepsRightsAchieveOffersWeaponsEqualityFirst StepsForbiddenTreatiesDisarmamentPeace Treaties Author:Arthur Henderson
“George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.” HumansLawLibertyRightsWalkingInternationalHuman RightsScalesObligationAdministrationConventionsAssaultRule Of LawTreatiesCivil LibertiesWalking AwayProtocol Author:Bianca Jagger
“It is also important to respect the fact that Iran is a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, which treaty spells out the rights and obligations of signatures to the treaty and therefore that we can’t deny Iran the rights due to it as a signature of the NPT.” ImportantFactsRightsDenyDuesNuclearObligationIranSpellsTreatiesProliferationProliferation Treaty Author:Thabo Mbeki
“During that time period all of our tribes were suffering extremely from poverty and neglect. And the reason I say neglect is because the U.S. Government was neglecting its true responsibilities they agreed to in exchange for our land and resources. What I and others attempted to do, and in essence we did, was bring attention to our sovereign rights, the rights we had retained when the treaties were made.” MadeReasonGovernmentSufferingAttentionResponsibilityPovertyRightsLandPeriodsResourcesEssenceNeglectSovereignTribesTreatiesTime Periods Author:Leonard Peltier
“If you look at the statistics regarding Native Americans, you will see that most of the tribes since the 70s have improved their economic situation in some form. And this has been brought about by their aggressive assertion of their sovereign treaty rights.” IfsLooksHas BeensFormSituationRightsEconomicNativeStatisticsAggressiveNative AmericanSovereignTribesAssertionTreaties Author:Leonard Peltier
“With what sovereignty we have retained, we choose to decide for ourselves our needs in accordance with our values, exerting our rights of empowerment under those articles of the treaties.” NeedsValuesRightsEmpowermentArticlesSovereigntyTreaties Author:Leonard Peltier
“United States Government needs to acknowledge and respect our sovereignty, treaties, traditional Native American values, and our human rights as a people, which under the law as written we deserve, and which should be protected.” PeopleNeedsShouldHumansStatesGovernmentLawValuesUnitedUnited StatesRightsWrittenDeserveHuman RightsTraditionalAcknowledgeNativeProtectedNative AmericanSovereigntyTreatiesState GovernmentAmerican ValuesUnited States Government Author:Leonard Peltier