Human Rights Violations In Amnesty International Canada

In the post-World War II era, the international community has placed an increased emphasis on the protection of global human rights. Together, IGOs and NGOs have devised several methods for the monitoring and enforcement of human rights throughout the world. However, these methods have proven to be limited in their efficacy and scope. According to the former Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada, the successful monitoring of human rights depends on the ability to gather information, provide documentation to authenticate the information, report the information, and use those reports to promote education and advocacy. This daunting task is commonly reserved for NGOs, because their separation from governments and other organizations allows them to report from a relatively unbiased standpoint. Nation-states and international organizations then use the information gathered by …show more content…
Although human rights violations abound within the United States, its government is unlikely to face any adverse consequences or international backlash, because of America’s influential position within the United Nations. According to prominent NGOs such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, the high rates of incarceration, executions, police killings, gender inequality, voter disenfranchisement, gun violence, large-scale warrantless surveillance, racial inequality, violence against women and sexual assault in our country places the US in violation of multiple sections of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, these violations receive little to no international attention. Instead, all scrutiny is directed towards smaller, less powerful states. This discrepancy is detrimental to the overarching goals of the United Nations and must be