Okay. So as a hypothetical, if the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights were mandated to be binding by the agreement we signed to join, and if the federal gov’t. were not exempt from enforcing it (due to some internal clause of the agreement?), then I, if I were a mother, could conceviably sue under Article 25 demanding special care and assistance because it is a right that I am afforded as an individual.
But since paying dues is a policy question, and not a question of my rights (or something specific to me), it is up to congress, the president, and the voters to hash it out.
Am I kind of on to it? Obviously there are going to be a lot of problems with my example. But is it there in spirit?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a tough example, since so many provisions are aspirational rather than mandatory, and most such provisions–including article 25–do not articulate explicit standards that afford a clear basis for judicial relief. But other provisions are much more direct–for example, article 11–and probably can support an individual claim for judicial relief against their violation.