Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid escalating crises

Human rights across the world are in a parlous state as leaders shun their obligations to uphold international law, according to the annual report of Human Rights Watch (HRW).

In its 2024 world report, HRW warns grimly of escalating human rights crises around the globe, with wartime atrocities increasing, suppression of human rights defenders on the rise, and universal human rights principles and laws being attacked and undermined by governments.

The report highlights political leaders’ increasing disregard for international human rights laws. The report says “selective government outrage and transactional diplomacy” and double standards in recognising international human rights laws has put countless lives at risk.

Tirana Hassan, executive director of HRW, said: “There is a persistent assault on human rights spreading around the world as governments turn away from their legal obligations on human rights for short-term political gains and seek to consolidate power.

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  • theodewere
    -10•6 months ago

    he’s protecting the world from terrorism and preventing World War 3, what else do you expect from the President of the United States… go be a troll someplace else…

          • theodewere
            -4•6 months ago

            just keep squawking… show everyone how loud you can cry… you’re just demonstrating the point by being selectively outraged and engaging in transactional diplomacy with someone you don’t know…

              • theodewere
                2•6 months ago

                and now you show that you like dictators, you’re pretty obvious… if only you could make everyone who makes you feel like a baby simply go away, your life would be better… it’s the way all little fascists see the world…