[BSDobelix]

>I’m afraid it’s almost impossible to divorce politics and human rights.

It is, example?

Nord Korea signed it, the US and Canada just ratified it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_th...

[wizzwizz4]

> the US and Canada just ratified it

Canada ratified it years ago (if we're not counting optional protocols), but according to https://indicators.ohchr.org/, the US hasn't. Do you have a source?

[BSDobelix]

https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/MTDSG/Volume%20I/Cha...

[colejohnson66]

According to that document, the US _signed_ it in 1995, but has yet to _ratify_ it (notice the blank space in the third column).