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Ashened

(25 posts)
1. loopholes?
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:57 PM
Nov 2012

So... the objection to a human rights declaration is that there are "loopholes" that COULD allow atrocities to continue? As opposed to doing nothing at all, which will DEFINITELY allow atrocities to continue? I am at a loss for words.

I guess Tibet isn't in Southeast Asia, so they wouldn't be helped like this, but I wonder if this human rights declaration takes a strong stand on genocide in all its forms.

For example, what makes the Tibet genocide so insidious is that IN ADDITION TO the government sanctioned murder of Tibetans and the silencing of political dissidents, there is an unrestricted influx of Chinese migrants to Tibet, often with government subsidies. Throw in forced assimilation with the Chinese, and this further marginalizes the Tibetan people, threatening to make them a minority in their own homeland.

In other words, unless more subtle acts of genocide are also covered, regional governments can continue to violate human rights in the area so long as they clean up their image, and aren't overtly violent.

loopholes? Ashened Nov 2012 #1
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