What country violates human rights the most?
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Measuring, surveying, and compiling lists of human rights violations is a task that can only be completed with some form of bias inherently found in any quantitative method of measuring human rights violations. This creates a problem when identifying rates of human abuses that occur within nations across the globe. In order to circumvent the bias from potential questionnaire surveys and even the interpretation of data, a different approach should be taken in order to gauge where rights are being impeded. This can be done by analyzing policies, claims, or other official declarations created and implemented by organizations, institutions, or governments worldwide.Before examining policies, one must start with a document that can be cited as the basis for human rights infractions. Several documents distinguish human rights violations, but not all have been signed and ratified by governments worldwide. The International Criminal Court’s Rome Statue is a treatise ratified by 123 countries. This ratified treaty creates a legal foundation that can be utilized to decipher whether human rights are being impeded.There are several examples in the modern world where policies are being drafted to repress the rights of minorities or other demographics that those in power wish to suppress. Recently, France has announced another addition to the banning of specific attire in schools, where students are not allowed to wear abayas or qamis while in public schools. Another example of a policy that prohibits the public from the right to education is the Taliban’s banning of female involvement in education systems in Afghanistan in 2021.The incarceration of people who have committed “crimes” is another way of detecting rights violations. In the United States, the disproportionate rate of African Americans imprisoned compared to White Americans is a telling sign that the US justice system disproportionally impacts people of the basis of race and ethnicity.Wherever there is war, there is no doubt a plethora of violence that impedes the rights of those who are fighting and those who are affected by the fighting. When wars are started, there are almost always claims made by both parties for the justification of the conflict. The war in Ukraine and Russia is no exception. Russia justified its military operation in Ukraine by claiming that ethnic Russians are discriminated against in Ukraine. Ukraine claims (and President Biden agreed when he used the same word) that Russia is committing a genocide in Ukraine. The claims are hard to prove, legally, but human rights violations are taking place, as is the case during armed conflicts throughout history and in present times.These examples indicate that a high rate of human rights violations occurs in in any part of the world under all forms of government.TomResearch AssistantHUQUQ.com
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