User:Genghis Khant/Things America should be ashamed of

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Convention on the Rights of the Child
The United States is one of only two countries in the world which have not ratified the Convention.

In company with

 * Somalia

Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has been ratified by 191 countries. The United States is the only signatory country never to have ratified the agreement. Canada withdrew from the protocol in December 2011.

In company with

 * Afghanistan
 * Andorra
 * South Sudan

Ottawa Treaty
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, often known as the Ottawa Treaty, is a treaty which aims to eliminate anti-personnel landmines around the world.

In company with

 * Burma
 * China
 * Iran
 * Israel
 * North Korea
 * Pakistan
 * Russia
 * Saudi Arabia
 * Syria
 * Vietnam
 * 25 other nations (mainly Asia & Middle East)

Capital punishment
Amnesty International reports that 140 countries have either abolished the death penalty or have not used it for 10 years or more. Of the remaining 58 countries which still retain capital punishment only 23, including the USA, used it in 2010.

Ranking by # of executions

 * 1) China
 * 2) Iran
 * 3) North Korea
 * 4) Yemen
 * USA
 * 1) Saudi Arabia
 * 2) Libya
 * 3) Syria
 * 4) Bangladesh
 * 5) Somalia