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Leaders of the National Campaign to Commemorate the 50th
Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have identified four specific,
practical steps that can significantly advance human rights protection in today's world.
Your letters will help turn each of these recommended steps into achievements. You can
download (cut and paste) and sign letters related to the following four issue, if you
wish, or use your own words to convey the message. Click on a topic and we'll help
you automatically generate a sample letter with your name and address.
What is needed?
Letter 1:
A White House
Summit on Human Rights
Letter 2:
U.S. ratification of
the international Women's Convention (CEDAW)
Letter 3:
Successful work by the
International Criminal Tribunals for Bosnia and Rwanda and establishment of a permanent
International Criminal Court.
Letter 4:
Stronger international
support for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
National Coordinating Committee for UDHR50.
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