What’s the State of Human Rights Around the World?

In 2015, Amnesty International investigated the human rights situation in 160 countries and territories worldwide. Progress continued in some areas, but many people and communities faced grave human rights abuses.

FOE

At least 113 countries arbitrarily restricted freedom of expression and the press.

LGBT

At least 20 countries, four in 2015, have now passed laws and/or bills recognizing marriage or other forms of relationships between people of the same sex.

HRD

At least 156 human rights defenders died in detention or were killed. (Front Line Defenders)

UnfairTrials

At least 55% of countries conducted unfair trials. When a trial is unfair, justice is not served for the accused, the victim of the crime or the public.

Displaced

More than 60 million people were displaced from their homes worldwide.1 Many had been displaced for several years or longer. (UNHCR)

WarCrimes

War crimes or other violations of the “laws of war” were carried out in at least 19 countries.

Refugees

30 or more countries illegally forced refugees to return to countries where they would be in danger.

armedgroups

Armed groups committed human rights abuses in at least 36 countries.

POC

61 or more countries locked up prisoners of conscience – people who were simply exercising their rights and freedoms.

Torture

122 or more countries tortured or otherwise ill-treated people.

Information in this document is not exhaustive and refers to 160 countries where Amnesty International documented or received information from credible sources on specific human rights violations during 2015 – unless an external source is otherwise stated.

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12 thoughts on “What’s the State of Human Rights Around the World?

  1. Very easy to understand your post. You did well. The presentation and graphics techniques that you used is very artistic. Everyday there are many cases of human rights that are violated, if we watch the news in the morning there are many terrifying news around the world that is hard to imagine.

  2. Very helpful statistics in the form of infographics making it simpler to the audience. The color and different fonts really brought out the main ideas of the text. Although there have been strides to improve human rights it seems that those who are in poverty are more likely to stay in poverty and have their human rights taken. I was wondering if there is a statistic between #of people with human rights violated and where the people are on the poverty line? I believe that many who are poor are kept in poverty by others by having their human rights taken. Many of the poorer countries do not have the proper policing in order to deal with human rights violations. Thus poses the question is throwing money at the situation helping or is it more important to develop a proper justice system?

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