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Have we made progress in combating human rights violations?

Posted on 02/03/202107/27/2021 by Maci Bednar

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...

Are human rights only a problem for non-democratic countries?

Posted on 08/31/202007/27/2021 by Maci Bednar

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...