Now that you’ve completed this unit, how would you answer these questions?

• Should the US ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
• Should the US ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights?
• Should the US ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women?

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A Time to Kill?	Child Soldiers and the Global Portrait	The United States and the Issue of Genocide	The Death Penalty and September 11

Higher Law: US Constitution or International Law?	International Law and United States Resistance	Hard Work: Children and Assembly Lines

A TIME TO KILL (1996) Plot Summary Declaration of Independence Declaration of Independence (pdf) CNN: Oklahoma City Bombing Trials Department of Justice Report on Ruby Ridge, Idaho Washington Post: The Waco Siege BBC Country Profile: Rwanda Quotes about Thoreau's CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Prevent Genocide International Sand Creek Massacre National Historical Site Wounded Knee Massacre Cherokee Trail of Tears Timeline Trail of Tears International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague and Geneva Law Overview International Criminal Court (ICJ) Person of Interest International Child Labor Laws Bureau of International Labor Affairs US Dept. of Labor: Youth and Labor The History Place: Child Labor in America Law of Armed Conflict Law of Armed Conflict document International Law and the Use of Force US Constitution Universal Declaration of Human Rights Universal Declaration of Human Rights (pdf) ICCPR ICESCR CEDAW CRC Convention Against Torture CERD Genocide Convention Overview US Patriot Act US Patriot Act Profile of Terror Suspect Zacarias Moussaoui     Web Resource #1     Web Resource #2 Child Labor in the US BBC: Gap and Nike: No Sweat PBS: No Sweat: Labor's Pains House of Representatives Support for Genocide Convention Human Rights Watch: Facts About Child Soldiers

Unit VI. International Implementation, Monitoring, and Enforcement

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