'Narcissistic Sovereignty’ Has Kept U.S. from Ratifying U.N. Treaty on Children’s Rights
(CNSNews.com) – Advocates for a United Nations treaty on children’s rights blamed American arrogance for the U.S. failure to ratify the treaty, but critics charged that signing onto the Convention on the Rights of the Child could mean international law trumping U.S. state and federal laws and the rights of parents to make decisions about raising and educating their children. Critics say that national self-determination is at the heart of why the treaty should not be ratified.