Human Rights Violations

According to the US Human Rights Network there was a clear violation "under article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “Covenant”) to protect, and fulfill the right to life” with regards to Hurricane Katrina.The United States failed to provide the necessary and appropriate solutions to the many victims involved in the disaster. Another violation occurred under "article 26 by violating the principle of non-discrimination in the way it prepared for Hurricane Katrina.” The evacuation plans were clearly discriminatory based on property ownership, which yielded racial discrimination.