City's Lack of Vote Decried by UN

[MountainLaurel]

The District's lack of voting representation in Congress violates terms of an international human rights treaty agreed to by the United States government, a United Nations commission said in a report released yesterday.

Discussion of Washington's disenfranchisement came near the end of the 12-page U.N. human rights committee findings, which expressed concerns about U.S. policies involving secret facilities to detain terrorism suspects, allegations of torture, and treatment of poor or homeless residents.

"The Committee . . . remains concerned that residents of the District of Columbia do not enjoy full representation in Congress, a restriction which does not seem to be compatible with article 25 of the covenant," the report concluded.

The human rights committee monitors compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a treaty ratified by more than 160 countries, including the United States in 1992.

Not sure it'll help us out any, but :applause: nonetheless.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/28/AR2006072801649.html

[Recursion]

1. *shrug* UN and AI have complained for years

If we didn't get statehood under WJC, I don't see it happening in our lifetimes.

The current plan to trade EHN's vote for that vote from UT seems like it will go through, that at least will give us the House, and since the Senate is the voice of the states rather than the people, the only hope there seems to be retrocession to MD for Senate voting purposes.