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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (58323)	10/10/1999 7:30:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Well, IMO subjecting our constitution to oversight by other democratic governments is the price of world peace. The European Convention on Human Rights requires member states to observe human rights as a condition of participation. The first supplementary protocol requires the county to be democratic. They have not yet been good at enforcing this standard, but the European Court of Human Rights (their enforcement arm) has won some victories, and soon, I believe, the Convention will be enforced on its members. At that point, I would like the US to join (our non-membership can be a powerul tool to make human rights (up to Bill of Rights quality and beyond) mandatory, but when the large convention accepts our standard I think we have to join. We should should never submit ourselves (IMO) to a convention which includes undemocratic, tyrannical, or anti-human rights countries (like the UN). I would like to see the UN reformed to include only countries that obey reasonable HR standards. I would have no trouble in a convention with Canada, Nordic COuntries, UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands. I would have some trouble with Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, until they clean up some of their bad acts. It will be a long time before China, Russia, South Korea, and Japan meet decent standards for a world human rights organization. Nearly all of Africa and South and Central America are beyond the fringe. I have some trouble with Loss Angeles and New York City too. I'm not in a terrible rush, but I really like the European Convention. worldpolicy.org