The Future of Human Rights - Center for American Progress

"America did not invent Human Rights. Human Rights invented America." -Jimmy Carter

US standing in the world has receded as America's human rights record has been dealt blows by a failure to observe the rule of law and scandals like Abu Ghraib and the military internment area in Guantanamo, Cuba. The US must repair its record and standing in the world.

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