Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: 🇺🇸 Democracy and Human Rights
🇺🇸 Only one party will protect worker and labor rights; rights of the disabled and the right of people to believe and worship as they choose or not to believe or worship at all. 1/11

#Democrats believe that improving labor standards around the world protects human rights and promotes broad-based prosperity. 2/11 #DemPartyPlatform #HumanRights #HumanityFirst

#Democrats will ensure that America’s diplomatic and trade agreements include enforcement provisions for workers’ rights, and we will fight to end the evils of poverty-wage, child, and slave labor. 3/11 #DemPartyPlatform #HumanRights #WorkersFirst

#Democrats believe that American workers should not be undercut by foreign competition that relies on the abuse of workers, 4/11 #DemPartyPlatform #WorkersFirst

...and #Democrats will support the rights of unions and workers abroad to organize, including International Labor Organization Conventions supporting freedom of association and collective bargaining. 5/11 #DemPartyPlatform #UnionStrong #WorkersFirst

#Democrats believe that America should be a world leader when it comes to disability rights. 6/11
#DemPartyPlatform #DisabilityRights #HumanRights

#Democrats will work to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and we will appoint a Special Envoy for International Disability Rights. 7/11 #DemPartyPlatform #DisabilityRights

Across American diplomatic and development efforts, #Democrats will ensure that programs are disability-inclusive, and we will encourage partner countries and international organizations to address the needs of persons with disabilities. 8/11 #DemPartyPlatform #DisabilityRights

#Democrats believe that freedom of religion and the right to believe—or not to
believe—are fundamental human rights. We will never use protection of that right as a cover for discrimination.
We reject the politicization of religious freedom in American foreign policy, 9/11

#Democrats condemn atrocities against religious minorities around the world—from ISIS’ genocide of Christians &Yezidis, to China’s mass internment of Uyghurs & other ethnic minorities, to Burma’s persecution of the Rohingya, to attacks on religious minorities in NE Syria. 10/11

#Democrats believe that the United States should serve as a model for countries around the world when it comes to safeguarding and promoting the rights of Indigenous peoples. 11/11 #DemPartyPlatform #IndigenousPeoples