(Amnesty International) Report 2010: Global justice gap condemns millions to abuse

[demoleft]

Source: AI

A global justice gap is being made worse by power politics despite a landmark year for international justice, said Amnesty International today in its annual assessment of human rights worldwide.

Launching Amnesty International Report 2010: State of the World's Human Rights, which documents abuses in 159 countries, the organization said that powerful governments are blocking advances in international justice by standing above the law on human rights, shielding allies from criticism and acting only when politically convenient.
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Amnesty International also called on G20 states that have failed to fully sign up to the International Criminal Court – USA, China, Russia, Turkey, India, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia – to do so. The international review meeting on the court, beginning in Kampala, Uganda on 31 May, is a chance for governments to show their commitment to the court.

Read more: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report-2010-global-justice-gap-condemns-millions-abuse-2010-05-27

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link to the report:
http://thereport.amnesty.org/

[sui generis]

1. Isn't it odd that our own Department of State

does not enforce foreign policy with regard to a single uniform standard for human rights? The only things we really take seriously on the world stage are our sovereign economic and strategic interests.

In the 21st century you'd expect us to be a bit further along than the 18th century in our foreign policy standards.

[burnsei sensei]

2. In the 18th century,

people, even with modest education, were taught chiefly to distinguish between acting on principles and acting on narrow interests.
We have narrowed the criteria for reflecting on the past and present because we don't want to see the true effects of our actions.
I have written this before, one of the things the present administration could do to get into my good graces is to sign on to the ICC.