STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1725

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 232

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on International Affairs and Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 232 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2010 UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to express the Legislature's support for the implementation of the human rights recommendations from the 2010 United Nations Universal Periodic Review of the United States of America. 

 

     The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii supported this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

 

     Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Rather than supporting the implementation of the human rights recommendations, specifying that the Legislature supports the review and consideration of the human rights recommendations;


 

     (2)  Amending its title to read:  "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2010 UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA";

 

     (3)  Specifying that the state Attorney General receive a certified copy of this measure; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on International Affairs and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 232, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 232, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on International Affairs and Human Services,

 

 

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

 

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KAREN L. AWANA, Chair