Although these serve as strong cases to suggest that the US policy in the War on Terror has severely undermined human rights, it is important to note that their policies have also had positive implications. For example, US military intervention in both Iraq and Afghanistan have helped implement democratic systems, providing basic rights such as the right to education and to free and fair elections. Freedom House noted that in 2001, before the invasion, their democracy rating was 7 with 1 being full democracy and 7 being the worst. However, after the invasion in Iraq, movements were taken towards a constitutional referendum with both international and domestic groups describing the elections in 2005 as the first free elections in Iraq’s history
