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HI SR62

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/7/2014

Primary Sponsor

Maile Shimabukuro

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Directs the state to commemorate Human Rights Month with related activities at the State Capitol in conjunction with International Women's Day.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Technology and the Arts3/13/2014

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