Monday, April 14, 2003

People with time on their hands
S.F. lawyer creates global bill of rights - He asks U.N. panel for court to enforce it
For five years, Boyd has devoted his life to researching and crafting a document he says will revolutionize the way the world treats its citizens.
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Under Boyd's plan, the European Court of Human Rights, which is based in Strasbourg, France, would become the International Court of Human Rights. The new court would have 35 judges, who would be approved by the United Nations. People would bring their cases first to the courts of their own country, then - - when those legal proceedings were exhausted -- to the International Court of Human Rights.
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Theoretically, the cases could concern everything from unfair jailings to sewage problems. Among its tenets, the International Bill of Rights seeks to ensure everyone's right to "shelter with safe water," "sufficient food necessary for good health" and free or low-cost "vision, dental and mental care."
Mr. Boyd clearly needs a hobby. One wonders whether he ever considered shuffleboard.