WHY A US HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK?
Underlying all human rights work in the United States is a commitment
to challenge the belief that the United States is inherently superior
to other countries of the world, and that neither the US government
nor the US rights movements have anything to gain from the domestic
application of human rights. Network members believe that the US government
should no longer be allowed to shield itself from accountability to
human rights norms and the US civil, women's, worker, immigrant, LGBTQ,
prisoner and other rights movements stand to benefit, perhaps now more
than ever, from an end to US impunity in this regard.
http://www.ushrnetwork.org/