Human Rights Violation & Its After Effects

Human rights violations are a serious issue that affects millions of people around the world every day. These violations can take many forms, ranging from discrimination and inequality to torture and genocide. While it may be tempting to define human rights violations solely based on the specific incident in question, this approach fails to consider the broader context of when, how, and who committed the violation.

Defining human rights violations solely based on a particular incident ignores the complex web of historical, social, and political factors that contribute to the violation of human rights. For example, if an individual is denied access to education or healthcare, it may be tempting to label this as a human rights violation.

 However, without considering the broader societal structures and historical policies that led to this denial, it is impossible to fully understand and address the violation at hand.

I will  try to understand the value of human rights by analysing numerous incident happened in past and the contradiction in defining human right violation.

Being Indian, I would love to start from India, General Dyer killed thousands of women, children and peacefully  were sitting in enclosed space. The British Queen Awarded him highest award for this act.  It was the same period of 2nd world war and killing during war or peacetime.    

Whatever the reason to award highest award to Gen Dyer considered by Queen for genocide and what reasons given when other enemy country did the same?

It’s really difficult to say whether Britisher are good Christian when they burned church full of faithful or follower in USA human rights.

The Britisher were habitual offender of human rights as defined by themselves but it   does not exonerate who also did the same in given circumstances.  Britishers raped French women and Russian did atrocities in Germany beyond imagination.  USA also did its part in violation and creating most dangerous terrorist organisation and also helped nation to become unstable by killing innocent people.

How prisoners can be kept in captivity without recourse to legal help and are subjected to extreme circumstances.

Furthermore, the timing of a human rights violation is also an important factor to consider. For instance, the same incident that would have been considered a human rights violation in the past may not be viewed as such today due to changing societal norms and values. For example, interracial marriage was once illegal and considered a human rights violation in many countries, but today it is widely accepted and celebrated.

Finally, who committed the human rights violation is also a critical consideration? Human rights violations committed by state actors, such as governments or police forces, are often viewed differently than those committed by non-state actors, such as individuals or non-governmental organizations.

One reason why it is important to consider the context in which human rights violations occur is that it can help us understand the root causes of these violations. For example, if we only look at an incident of police brutality without considering the historical context of systemic racism, we may miss the larger issue at play. Similarly, if we only look at an incident of forced disappearance without considering the political context in which it occurred, we may miss the role of state institutions in perpetuating such violations.

Another reason why we must consider how human rights violations are committed is that the method of the violation can have a significant impact on its severity and impact on victims. For example, torture is universally recognized as a violation of human rights, but the long-term effects of torture can vary depending on the methods used. Similarly, extrajudicial killings can range from individual acts of violence to coordinated campaigns of terror that have a devastating impact on entire communities.

My thoughts are very simple; can we define human right violation, just considering particular incident rather than when, how and who did it?  I hope that world superpower will stop repeating the same mistake and help create better world.

By:

Kaviraj Singh,

Founder & Secretary General, INBA