The U.N. Human Rights Committee in Geneva on Thursday condemned the United States for criminalizing homelessness, calling it cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment that violates international human rights treaty obligations. It also called upon the U.S. government to take corrective action, following a two-day review of U.S. government compliance with a human rights treaty ratified in 1992. Im just simply baffled by the idea that people can be without shelter in a country, and then be treated as criminals for being without shelter, said Sir Nigel Rodley, chairman of the committee in closing statements on the U.S. review. The idea of criminalizing people who dont have shelter is something that I think many of my colleagues might find as difficult as I do to even begin to comprehend.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 18:34:00 +0000
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