The United Nations defines human rights violations as deprivation of life; torture, cruel or degrading treatment or punishment; slavery and forced labor; arbitrary arrest or detention; arbitrary interference with privacy; war propaganda; discrimination; and advocacy of racial or religious hatred. In 1997 the U.S. Congress passed the “Leahy Laws” which cutoff security aid to specific units of foreign militaries if the Pentagon and the State Department determine a country has committed a gross violation of human rights, such as shooting civilians or summarily executing prison…
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The uk should have the right to conduct its oen independent foreign policy, furthermore the defence system is an important source of not only innovation but national pride.
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Yes, but nations should rely on their own appraisals of human rights abuses, as many human rights organizations are biased and uphold double-standards.
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we don't even let our own citizens carry weapons for self defense since you started letting the wolfs in to the sheep pen
so my stance on this is clear weapons should be a fundmental human right for self presevation and a check an balance for criminals behavior
any nation committing human rights violations is subject to interpretation and HUMAN RIGHTS are not god given and the term is about HUMAN RIGHTS law which is protected classes and characturistics serve as a class system making 2nd or 3rd class citziens out of normal humans living their lives in their own nations
You can't have the same laws for wolfs as sheep? obviously you need to make a choice we are all wolfs or we are all cattle.
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No, because I believe it's a form of soft power as a way of pressuring them into changing their views. I also think if you don't, other state actors will take the opportunity to persuade them to their views.
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We should not sell arms reasonably likely to be used against civilians to countries proven to commit human rights violations.
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The decisions should be made on a whole range of factors not just allegations of human rights abuse.
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