Latino Policy Coalition Files United Nations Human Rights Complaint Against the United States of America
Staff Writer
2012-04-17
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Today, the Latino Policy Coalition (LPC) submitted an official complaint for the Universal Periodic Review by the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding the human rights record of the United States of America.
The 10 page complaint charges the U.S. with routinely and consistently violating human rights by officially causing the de facto misappropriation and removal of at least an estimated 46,000 children from their immigrant parents. These practices condoned by the United States government violate six Articles of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and nine Articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
"During 2011, 46,000 mothers and fathers of U.S. citizen children were deported, and these children were forced into county foster care custody. Many infants have been put up for adoption, thus making the practice of shattering undocumented working families a new standard procedure in the United States," stated Jim Gonzalez, LPC Chair.