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HI SR62
Resolution
Status
3/7/2014
Primary Sponsor
Maile Shimabukuro
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AI Summary
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Designates March as Human Rights Month in Hawaii, noting that March includes International Women's Day (March 8) and coincides with the Legislature being in session.
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Designates Hawaii as a human rights state, positioning it among the first human rights states in the United States and aligning it with the human rights city movement that includes Washington, D.C.
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References the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 2013), which guarantees economic, social, cultural, civil, political, and collective rights for all peoples.
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Directs the state to commemorate Human Rights Month with related activities at the State Capitol in conjunction with International Women's Day.
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Requires certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, county mayors, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
International Human Rights Month; Human Rights State
Last Action
Referred to TEC/JDL.
3/13/2014