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I also wanted to acknowledge ms. Newhouse whos in the audience from silver spring, maryland. Attended my alma mater. Shes also a bilateral and beauty and wears prosthetic legs. Shes traveled to over 40 countries for work and study abroad for individuals with disability. Nice to have you here. Mr. Chairman, i guess to general thornburgh, or to secretary ridge, ill give you the chance to respond to this. We all acknowledge that the treaty is based upon basically the u. S. Law, the ada. We passed that in 1990. I remember in 1991, congressman hoyer who was then chairman of u. S. Helsinki commission traveled to moscow and became part of the moscow declaration document, which started the International Effort to use u. S. Law as the model to protect universal university the rights of people with disabilities. So the United States has been leadership. The point i would raise, th ....
Can you explain that to me . I think so. The basic gap in understanding is what the consequences of ruds are. The treaty thats adopted includes the reservations in understandings and deck collar rations that accompany it. When we say were not going to do something that we specified we do not include within the am bit of the treaty amended by ruds, it doesnt mean we flout convention, but that we implement it with the ruds in mind, and thats true not only of what the United States does, but other countries if were the Gold Standard, what do we have to interpret in implementing as a country . What do we have to implement . Nothing new that were obliged to do under this because, frankly, it draws so completely and thoroughly on americans with with disabilities acts. Why do we have to do it . I understand other countries ratifying and implementing it. Im still not getting why we hav ....
Will be ablemark to travel anywhere and have a greater likelihood that they have the access to fulfill their godgiven potential whether it is in a job, business, advocacy and they will be able to achieve. American businesses who already lead the world in terms of accessibility standards, that will be the standard that others adopt so that the Football Player from rutgers who has this able tolchair will be travel other places and will likely be having the other access. That is why the ratification of the treaty expands our reach and advocacy not simply by reflection of looking at with the United States does but its advocates. Its a very good question that has been raised and it deserves a full answer. Chairman, could i offer a few cardin and we will get you to work it in. Senator cardin i will try to leave you time. From the written statement which i think is a very appropriat ....
Certain rules of the state department they are not agreeing with. Not ratifying the convention does not remove the ability to object to the formation of rules of customary or International Either ran likewise, with effect to u. S. Courts, it reduces the likelihood that a u. S. Court would find there to be a rule of customary International Law but to answer your question, the ability to have an american to nerve on to serve on the committee and the ability to actually engage with the committee likely affects the committees work and may serve to actually ensure that those adopted are consistent with the american and option interpretation. Thank you. Its great to have Tammy Duckworth here, an american hero. She is in a wheelchair and in 1990, we passed the ada to make sure that there were ramps for those wheelchai ....