country Archives - U.H.Rights Blog by Maci Bednar Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:06:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Maci-Bednar-1-32x32.png country Archives - U.H.Rights 32 32 Have we made progress in combating human rights violations? https://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/have-we-made-progress-in-combating-human-rights-violations/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:00:59 +0000 https://www.undsgn.com/uncode/?p=4241 Much progress - even if it sometimes seems like a drop in the ocean. Think of the abolition of slavery, the enfranchisement of women, the countries that abolished the death penalty, the release of prisoners of conscience as a result of international pressure, the collapse of apartheid in South Africa, the cases brought before the European Court and the laws changed as a result.

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]]> Much progress – even if it sometimes seems like a drop in the ocean. Think of the abolition of slavery, the enfranchisement of women, the countries that abolished the death penalty, the release of prisoners of conscience as a result of international pressure, the collapse of apartheid in South Africa, the cases brought before the European Court and the laws changed as a result. Think about the fact that the gradual development of a culture of international communication means that even the most authoritarian regimes today have to reckon with human rights if they want to be accepted on the international stage. Many positive results have been achieved, especially in the last 50 years, but much more remains to be done.

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]]> Are human rights only a problem for non-democratic countries? https://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/are-human-rights-only-a-problem-for-non-democratic-countries/ Sun, 30 Aug 2020 18:00:27 +0000 https://www.undsgn.com/uncode/?p=4245 Even today there is no country in the world where all human rights are fully respected. In some countries violations may occur more frequently than in others, affecting a larger or smaller proportion of the population, but every violation, even a single one, is a problem that should not arise and should be dealt with

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]]> Even today there is no country in the world where all human rights are fully respected. In some countries violations may occur more frequently than in others, affecting a larger or smaller proportion of the population, but every violation, even a single one, is a problem that should not arise and should be dealt with. A person whose rights have been violated in a well-established democracy is not likely to feel any better about the fact that his country’s overall human rights record is better than that of the rest of the world.

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