Human rights organizations have a direct involvement with the protection and upholding justice for the affected persons. They work hand in hand with the government institutions to ensure that matters of human rights are in order.
However, their work is not ease as there are many things that hinder their work. Some are problems within the institutions while others are external. The external challenges come from institutions which do not believe in upholding human rights. We have some of the challenges that makes the work of the organizations tough.
Democracy problems
It is undeniable that not all countries in the world have proper democracy. Some have a problem that is not quite easy to solve. You will find a country that the government calls a democratic nation but it has big traces of autocracy.
Such countries have a problem because they do not watch the human rights. Manipulation and stopping the human rights organizations becomes the biggest challenge. some will even cause harm to their people and deny them the justice.
When the organizations file claims that need justice, nothing happens. In fact, they are ignored and even the courts ignore them. When courts choose to handle the cases, the government ignores their directives and becomes a threat to the law society.
Impunity
Impunity especially in the government is a big problem to the human right organizations. Some of the government officials will not allow human rights to be observed. They will even choose to have the defenders blocked and falsely accused to have their selfish interests.
People in the societies have also become something else. The security agencies that are supposed to protect human rights have become a threat to human rights. Social evils among the society have also become a normal thing as gender-based violence and demeaning of genders have become a normal thing.
Violence and extreme conflicts
Violence is another problem that has brought the human right organizations to a standstill. Most of the human rights defenders have become victims of conflict and violence. People in societies who try to defend their rights and raise the injustice voice end up experiencing violence.
Some countries are used to violence and extreme conflicts which makes it quite difficult to bring about the human rights issues. Everyone lives understanding that they must manipulate the rights of other people to survive. They even feel good after they manipulate the rights of the human rights defenders themselves.
Religious and traditional brainwashing
There are religions which believe in submission even when the rights of its people are in danger. Traditional brainwashing brings about the imbalance between people. Others are superior than the rest and have the chance to manipulate the rights of other people so that they gain the superiority.
Religious institutions and human right watch institutions should work together. But some religions have branded the human rights institutions as the problem to their problem. They want to live with the outdated behaviors that involve manipulation of human rights.
Some communities experience a challenge as its people believe that standing up for their rights is a curse. They end up allowing themselves to the hands of the perpetrators. These perpetrators do not care that other people have rights too.
Poverty
Poverty is the major cause of the ignorance of human rights. People are ready to have their rights manipulated so that they make their living. It is also not rare to have some people exposing themselves to the perpetrators so that they make their daily income.
Some people travel to the countries that have serious extremism against human rights and try to seek for jobs from there. They end up experiencing same challenge and some even die in the areas. Even after seeing people dying in such areas, we have very many people flocking in those areas.
People living under poverty do not have adequate resources to seek justice when their rights are manipulated. When they involve the human rights organizations, they become a threat to their locality. As result, most people choose to silently die with their problems.
Global inequality
It is not strange or wrong to say that most areas in the world are not balanced. We have the areas that have a problem with genders. Some have a problem with color complexions like we have heard the black people being called monkeys.
Specific nationals have also become a threat to other nations and will experience denial of rights once they go to those countries. Poverty has also stopped many countries from having the institutions that will manage the watching of the human rights. Even if they are the ones sponsoring the institutions, they do not get adequate funding for them
Torture of human rights defenders
Human right defenders have off late undergone a lot of torture. It has happened to specific countries that have strong believers of injustice. Some influential persons are willing to use money to have the human rights defenders arrested and tortured so that they end their mission.
Some even get in the hands of those people who violate the rights of other people. The encounters the human right defenders experience is equal to having their own rights violated. Some even die while trying to seek justice for other people whose rights have been violated.
Insecurity
Insecurity is a big hinderance to the execution of the human rights defense. The areas that have the highest rate of insecurity also experience the extreme issues related to human rights violation. These are the areas where men undergo torture, women get raped and the children become victims of psychological torture
It is very challenging to have institutions in areas that have war. Such organizations even if they are present work under extreme fear. Achieving the mission to protect human rights is almost impossible as some are not willing to expose their lives to danger.
Weak institutions
Weak institutions are a big hinderance towards observance of the human rights. Imagine having a weak justice system and human rights organizations. Cases are presented and then the speed of action is very low. The cases that need some justice take a very long time to get a solution.
It can be very discouraging to have the institutions that are there physically but with regards to work they are absent. One thing that will happen is that the organizations themselves will begi to violate the rights of other people.
It is important to have organizations that will be vibrant and able to address the challenges without fear. By doing so people will have a reason to promote the observance of the human rights.
Conclusion
Human rights are essential for the development of the society. They experience various challenges that make them less active and influential. Some challenges are easy to address while others will take years to address.