The Women's Institute for Leadership Development for Human Rights used the United Nations Convention to End Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to advocate for human rights at the local level.  Although CEDAW has not been ratified by the United States and thus cannot be invoked, WILD for Human Rights decided to apply it at the local level, in San Francisco, as a tool to combat issues such as discrimination and domestic violence.  They implemented CEDAW as a legislated municipal law with the exact wording of CEDAW; thus making it binding legally.  An open meeting was held where community members could publicly record personal testimony, statements, and pledges to uphold these rights.  The public meeting served to help connect the language to the community in a way that people would hold themselves to the standards expressed in CEDAW.  This local legislation presents a unique example of taking international human rights treaty terms and applying them at the local level to community issues.