The Port Townsend City Council unanimously approved a resolution declaring Port Townsend to be a human rights city.
The city council approved the measure during its Feb. 21 business meeting, and …
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The Port Townsend City Council unanimously approved a resolution declaring Port Townsend to be a human rights city.
The city council approved the measure during its Feb. 21 business meeting, and the resolution serves as a guiding principle for basic rights and freedoms.
The measure was brought to the city council by the Culture and Society Committee, and while there are no formal requirements to become a human rights city, most municipalities that have made the declaration did so as a core foundation for the rights and liberties of the local citizenry.
Cities in North America like Edmonton, Canada, Seattle, Jackson, Mississippi, Boston, Massachusetts, and a number of other municipalities have joined the movement by passing their own versions of human rights proclamations.
