Rep. Claudia Tenney

From a constituent in Hemlock, NY

Please ratify and addresses forced marriages

(Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) and the ICESCR (International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) help end child marriage by creating binding legal obligations that require governments to outlaw the practice, establish a minimum age of marri

From a constituent in Hemlock, NY

How long must women wait for equality?

I am writing to urge you to support U.S. ratification of three key international human rights treaties: the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and the International Covenant on Economic

From a constituent in Hemlock, NY

RATIFY ICESCR CEDAW CRPD

The ICESCR, CEDAW, and CRPD are powerful international treaties that address institutional racism and bias by targeting the structural inequities, systemic discrimination, and intersectional barriers that perpetuate racial inequality across global institutions. While the UN has a dedicated treaty fo

From a constituent in Hemlock, NY

Print the ratified 28th Amendment

Dear [Representative / Senator / Archivist],I am writing to demand that the Equal Rights Amendment be printed and certified as the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution without further delay.The ERA states: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United St

From a constituent in Hemlock, NY

Support h res 1586!

I am a constituent writing to ask you to cosponsor H. Res. 1586 and to support U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).H. Res. 1586 recognizes the 27th anniversary

From a constituent in Hemlock, NY

SOS make ICCPR self executing

am your constituent. Please introduce or co-sponsor legislation making Articles 1–27 of the ICCPR self-executing and enforceable in U.S. courts.The Senate’s 1992 declaration left the treaty binding internationally but not privately enforceable at home. The UN Human Rights Committee has found that po

From a constituent in Fulton, NY

OK, I know that you probably don't care, but way more than most Americans. If you have any integrity AT ALL, don't let anything happen to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Except maybe really fix it up, open it up and let the arts thrive. But you probably won't.