Sex Offender Advocacy Group’s Petition to United Nations Surpasses 10,000 Signatures
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EIN PresswirePetition asks UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to declare U.S. public sex offender registration a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
More than 10,000 signatures support our request for the United Nations to examine public registration in light of international human rights protections.”
BOYNTON BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES, November 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — November 6, 2026 — A petition launched by the Florida Action Committee, Inc. (FAC) asking the United Nations to examine public sex offender registration in the United States has surpassed 10,000 verified signatures on Change.org.— Florida Action Committee
FAC, a non-profit public safety organization with more than 3,700 members asks the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva to investigate the registry and take appropriate action.
The petition rests on Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which prohibit cruel or degrading treatment or punishment. FAC argues that placing people on a public list for life, when research shows the list does not prevent sexual offending, meets that definition.
About one million people in the United States are required to register. In Florida, registration is lifelong. Names, photographs, and home addresses are posted on a state website indexed by search engines. People remain on Florida’s site after they leave the state, leave the country, or die. More than half of the people on Florida's registry do not live in Florida.
- Harm without a safety benefit -
Public registration is linked to lost employment, lost housing, social isolation, and vigilante violence. These effects extend to employers, spouses, children, and other family members.
A 2021 meta-analysis by Kristen Zgoba and Meghan Mitchell, published in the Journal of Experimental Criminology, reviewed 25 years of research. It found that registration and notification do not reduce sexual or non-sexual reoffending.
FAC’s petition asks the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate public sex offender registration in the United States and take appropriate action under the human rights protections cited in the petition. The petition cites Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which prohibit cruel or degrading treatment or punishment.
- How to support the petition -
The petition remains open for signatures at https://www.change.org/p/public-sex-offender-registration-is-violation-of-universal-declaration-of-human-rights.
- About the Florida Action Committee -
The Florida Action Committee, Inc. is a non-profit public safety organization with more than 3,700 members that advocates for the rights of all persons, including people required to register as sexual offenders. FAC works for evidence-based policies that protect public safety while respecting constitutional and human rights. Learn more at floridaactioncommittee.org.
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