2012 Work Plan

Create a Human Rights "Lens" as a tool for analyzing the human rights impact of laws, policies, resolutions, and intergovernmental agreements.

Draft the history of the Seattle Human Rights Commission.

Host community events on issues related to human rights.

Draft and promote City Council resolution supporting Seattle adoption of standards embodied in International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Draft and propose City Council resolution supporting U.S. adoption of Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and Convention on the Rights of the Child

Draft and promote adoption of a Seattle City Vendor Code of Conduct

Coordinate community-led effort to enact protection against discrimination based on arrest and conviction records

Coordinate bias crimes roundtable.

Review appeals in a timely and effective manner

Sponsor Human Rights Day celebration