'Narcissistic Sovereignty' Has Kept U.S. from Ratifying U.N. Treaty on Children's RightsMonday, November 24, 2008By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer

Howard Davidson, director of the American Bar Association Center for Children and the Law (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)
Washington, D.C. (CNSNews.com) – Advocates for a United Nations treaty on children's rights blamed American arrogance for it not being ratified by the United States, but critics charge 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. The treaty, adopted by the United Nations on Nov. 20, 1989, has been ratified by 193 countries. The United States and Somalia are the two countries that have not ratified it, groups that support ratification said at a press conference at the Capitol on Thursday. "It might sound dismissive, but I think it has something to do with what I would call, and some other people call, narcissistic sovereignty," Harold Cook, a non-governmental organization representative at the U.N. and a fellow with the American Psychological Association, told CNSNews.com. 
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