Human rights violations refer to the denial of
enjoyment of fundamental human rights and freedoms. In other words, a human
right violation is to deny individuals their fundamental
moral entitlements.
Also, in a sense, a human right violation is to
treat a human being as if he/she is less than human and undeserving of respect
and dignity.
A human rights violation can be committed by
people who work for the State and their behaviour is then considered to be the
behaviour of the State. These agents of the state could be of many kinds, for example;
ministers, MPs, police officers, military officers, prosecutors, judges, and
other public servants, etc.
Human rights abuse is the violation of the basic rights of people by treating them wrongly.
Human rights abuse can also be explained as
the deliberate maltreatment of human beings including violations of
generally-accepted fundamental rights as stated by the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly
resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948.
Human rights abuses are carried out by both State
and non-state actors or agents (i.e. government officials and ordinary
individuals or groups of people).
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Credit:
- Michelle Maiese, July 2003
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