ABSTRACT
With independence, in the later decades of the twentieth century, most new nations incorporated much or all of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) provisions into their constitutions, and older countries revised their constitutions to include human rights. Besides, human rights are incorporated into the charters of the European Union, the African Union, the Organization of American States, and international human rights treaties. The United States does not unconditionally ratify any human rights treaty. One can only speculate why the US does not ratify human rights treaties since this has been the case over many administrations and both when Democrats and Republicans were in power. The Bill of Rights addresses key political issues laid out after the war of independence against Britain, and by highlighting individual rights, lays down the basic building block of capitalism. The chapter recommends that the US join the rest of the world and recognize the great importance of human security and solidarity.
