Bill Text: IL HJR0046 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges all agencies in the State of Illinois, in particular those concerned with the economic opportunity, education, health care, housing, justice, nutrition, protection, and recreation of children, to ensure their policies and programs comply with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Urges the President of the United States to submit the Convention on the Rights of the Child to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for review. Urges the Senate of the United States to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-23 - Resolution Adopted [HJR0046 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0046-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois developed the world's first | ||||||
3 | juvenile court in 1899 out of concern that children be removed | ||||||
4 | from adult prison and receive a second chance and has | ||||||
5 | consistently been a leader in protecting children and | ||||||
6 | promoting their rights; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The Illinois legal innovation of a juvenile court | ||||||
8 | was rapidly adopted throughout the world; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois, based on its history and | ||||||
10 | tradition of human rights and responsibilities, is committed | ||||||
11 | to the human rights of children, including those children in | ||||||
12 | conflict with the law; and
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13 | WHEREAS, In the 1980s, the United States participated in a | ||||||
14 | working group, along with nearly 80 other nations, to draft a | ||||||
15 | Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was written with | ||||||
16 | the specific purpose of promoting and protecting the | ||||||
17 | well-being of all children, including those in conflict with | ||||||
18 | the law; and
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19 | WHEREAS, On November 20, 1989, the United Nations General | ||||||
20 | Assembly unanimously adopted the Convention on the Rights of | ||||||
21 | the Child; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The United States formally signed the Convention | ||||||
2 | on the Rights of the Child in 1995, signifying its intent to | ||||||
3 | ratify the Convention; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The Convention on the Rights of the Child has | ||||||
5 | been ratified by all of the world's nations, except the United | ||||||
6 | States, making it the most widely ratified human rights | ||||||
7 | document in history; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The Illinois 99th General Assembly adopted HR | ||||||
9 | 1143 in 2010, with bi-partisan sponsorship, urging the | ||||||
10 | ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and | ||||||
11 | urging all Illinois agencies to ensure their policies and | ||||||
12 | practices comply with the Convention on the Rights of the | ||||||
13 | Child; therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
15 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
16 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge all agencies in the | ||||||
17 | State of Illinois, in particular those concerned with the | ||||||
18 | economic opportunity, education, health care, housing, | ||||||
19 | justice, nutrition, protection, and recreation of children, to | ||||||
20 | ensure their policies and programs comply with the Convention | ||||||
21 | on the Rights of the Child; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That we urge the President of the United States, | ||||||
2 | Joe Biden, to submit the Convention on the Rights of the Child | ||||||
3 | to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for review; and be | ||||||
4 | it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That we urge the Senate of the United States to | ||||||
6 | ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child; and be it | ||||||
7 | further
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