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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Pathway to PEACE bill

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Pathway to PEACE 7-bill package advances a bold, progressive approach to U.S. foreign policy — creating a baseline for how to build peace in tangible ways, and putting our values and principles into practice.
So, what does Pathway to PEACE include?



📜A bill calling for the U.S to ratify the Rome Statute & join the International Criminal Court: the U.S. DOES NOT deserve special immunity when it commits massive breaches of international law. Joining the ICC is what actual accountability & justice look like.

📜A bill urging the U.S. to accede to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: it's EMBARRASSING that every single eligible nation (196 total) has ratified the Convention except the U.S. This shouldn't even be a debate.

📜A bill calling on the U.S. to accede to the UN Global Compact on Migration & promote the adoption of a BINDING Global Migration Agreement: this bill demands justice, accountability, & respect of migrants' human rights, rejects racism & systemic violence, and recognizes the root drivers of migration, like war and climate crises. 

📜A bill requiring congressional approval of presidential economic sanctions: it's time for the U.S. to break this habit of reflexively slapping blanket sanctions on other countries with no regard for the devastating impacts on civilians. Why? Because sanctions are a tool of war. 

📜A bill strengthening protections against weapons sales & military assistance to countries violating international human rights & humanitarian law: the U.S. can't say it values human rights when it's fueling major abuses via this kind of aid (i.e. arming the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen).

📜A bill redirecting war spending toward multilateral peacebuilding efforts: we can't bomb, sanction, and strong-arm our way to peace. The U.S. must use diplomacy & uplift local actors to address root causes of conflict, & raise its hand when it's one of the causes.

📜A bill extending the successful domestic YouthBuild program on youth unemployment internationally: youth around the world will continue building the pathways to peace for much longer than those currently in power, it’s time to invest in youth leadership. 

-- Call your representative and tell the to co-sponsor this.

Tim
Central Minnesota Political

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