dojN000384.xml
Title
dojN000384.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
email
Date Entered
2001-12-21
September 11 Email: Body
Friday, December 21, 2001 9:36 AM
A note from Milano, Italy
Dear Mr. Zwick,
I am a member of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights movement committed to ensuring that the basic human rights of people are respected without discrimination.
International human rights standards including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prohibit arbitrary discrimination and the US government is obligated to respect these rights.
We therefore request that the Justice Department, consistent with such international human rights standards, and the general principle of equality, include among relatives eligible for compensation those who lost their life partners as well as de facto parents or children, without regard to sexual orientation or marital status.
We ask the Justice Department to follow the positive example of New York state in granting compensation benefits "on a showing of mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expenses, day to day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need."
We remind Justice Department officials that real justice is only served when all families - and all types of families - impacted by the human rights tragedy of September 11 are treated with dignity and equality.
We thank you very much for the attention.
Regards,
Individual Comment
Milano Italy
September 11 Email: Date
2001-12-21
Collection
Citation
“dojN000384.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 4, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/32146.