Types of Human Rights Violations from Mild to Severe, Complete with Examples

Kapanlagi.com - Types of human rights violations need to be known by all citizens because human rights are fundamental rights obtained by humans. Human Rights or (HAM) itself is something inherent in every human being since birth. HAM applies anywhere and anytime to anyone. HAM cannot be disturbed and cannot be revoked because it is a gift that every human being has for their lifetime. Basically, Human Rights emerged to eliminate the arbitrary attitude of authoritarian rulers.

HAM itself covers several aspects of life. If these aspects are violated, it will create human rights violations. Human rights violations are one of the crimes that can harm individuals, groups, and even countries. In Indonesia, human rights have been clearly explained and regulated in the state constitution, which is further regulated in Law No. 39 of 1999. Meanwhile, in the world, there is already the United Nations (UN) that protects the human rights of every person in the world.

Therefore, the state is also obliged to respect, protect, and fulfill human rights for its people. Not only that, the state is also obliged to follow up on violations committed by various parties. In general, human rights violations themselves consist of several types. Therefore, on this occasion, we will discuss the types of human rights violations that you need to know. What are they? Read the complete review below.

1. Serious Human Rights Violations

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The first type of human rights violation is categorized as a serious violation. Here are the types of serious violations that you need to know.

-Genocide, genocide is a serious human rights violation that falls under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. Genocide is a mass or large-scale systematic killing of a national or ethnic group with the intention to destroy and exterminate that group. Genocide has occurred in several countries and has caused many casualties.

-Crimes against humanity, crimes against humanity are also considered serious human rights violations. Article 9 of Law No. 26 of 2000 states that crimes against humanity are acts committed as part of widespread or systematic attacks, with knowledge of the direct targeting of civilians, such as:

Murder,

Annihilation,

Slavery,

Forced displacement,

Deprivation of liberty,

Torture,

Rape,

Persecution,

Enforced disappearance, and

Apartheid crimes.

2. Mild Human Rights Violations

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Furthermore, types of human rights violations are categorized into mild violations. In this case, mild violations do not threaten human life. However, they still need to be protected because they are dangerous to individuals. The following are the types of mild violations that you need to know.

-Committing assault, one of the most common examples of human rights violation is domestic violence, violence against children, and many other types of assault human rights violations.

-Engaging in defamation of someone's character, one of the frequently encountered cases of defamation human rights violation is character defamation on social media. For example, this can be in the form of someone's review complaining about poor hospital service. If it is untrue, the hospital can sue that person for alleged character defamation.

-Preventing someone from expressing their aspirations, one example of human rights violation is obstructing someone from expressing their aspirations, such as threatening freedom of speech. There are many examples of cases like cyber warfare, increasing cases of blasphemy, and cultural coercion.

-Committing acts of violence through physical assault. Examples of such human rights violations include a police officer committing acts of violence or heinous acts against protest participants.

3. Various Types of Human Rights

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After knowing the types of human rights violations, you should also know the various types of human rights. Broadly speaking, human rights can be classified into several types. What are they? Read the complete review below.

-Personal Rights

-Political Rights

-Legal Equality Rights

-Property Rights

-Procedural Rights

-Social and Cultural Rights

4. Perpetrators of Human Rights Violations

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Human rights violations are basically a form of legal violations. In legal terminology, there are violations of criminal law, civil law, state administrative law, state administrative law, and human rights law. The perpetrators of human rights violations are divided into two categories:

-State Actors, as regulated in International Human Rights Law, state actors include the state or all state organizers, state institutions, government institutions, including non-ministerial government institutions.

-Non-State Actors, after the Cold War, human rights issues expanded to the behavior of non-state actors. One important element to consider in this case is the existence of an organized mass group, multinational companies, or transnational companies. These companies have economic assets and power that can exert pressure and influence governments and even state policies.

Those are explanations about the types of human rights violations that you need to know. Hopefully, this discussion can increase your knowledge of human rights.

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