SRES 519
111th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Child safety and welfare
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Family relationships
Human rights
International law and treaties
Senate
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
United Nations
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.
Introduced: May 10, 2010
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Became law
May 10, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3475)
May 10, 2010
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is incompatible with the U.S. Constitution, laws, and traditions; (2) the Convention would undermine presumptions of freedom and independence for U.S. families; (3) the Convention would interfere with the principles of U.S. sovereignty, independence, and self-government that preclude the propriety of adopting international law to govern domestic matters; and (4) the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3475)
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