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Originally Posted by buck30
No problemo! Would like to hear about all those extra freedoms, which apparently other nations don't have.
Will leave you with three starters on that  Of all the nations on that listing (plus more than were not listed and make up the total planet) - the only one that does not offer it's own children this freedom/right, is the US - under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. All other nations provide their children the freedom to access this Convention.
The second is... All nations on that list (plus almost all others, excepting four) also permit their citizens freedom to reside wherever they wish and not be obliged to account for their income and pay taxation back to their country of citizenship while resident abroad.
The third is... and this does not apply to *all* nations on that list, but all western nations, plus many more.... full habeas corpus rights apply to all. That is not the position of the US, although it is included in the Constitution (but has since been warped).
Now.. I've been waiting to see the flipside to this and see what claimed "extra rights" the US has that other nations don't have - but, so far, no actual details have been given.
OK.. Seriously.. even where I live, there are far more freedoms and rights - the govt is not permitted to even know financial details of an individual - it's a violation of privacy. That's before we even start on anything else  |
Just to let you know he did not forget to get back to you. Buck had a little to much fun last night. Halloween can do that to you. The US does follow a lot of what is under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. I just read it and our children do have a right to the things listed on there. You can read it here
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm If you want me to give examples by each article I can. Habeas corpus rights do apply to citizens of the US.
Lat. "you have the body" Prisoners often seek release by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A writ of habeas corpus is a judicial mandate to a prison official ordering that an inmate be brought to the court so it can be determined whether or not that person is imprisoned lawfully and whether or not he should be released from custody. A habeas corpus petition is a petition filed with a court by a person who objects to his own or another's detention or imprisonment. The petition must show that the court ordering the detention or imprisonment made a legal or factual error. Habeas corpus petitions are usually filed by persons serving prison sentences. In family law, a parent who has been denied custody of his child by a trial court may file a habeas corpus petition. Also, a party may file a habeas corpus petition if a judge declares her in contempt of court and jails or threatens to jail her.