When a government violates national or international law related to the protection of human rights, this is termed a human rights violation.
When a violent opposition group carries out a similar action, this is termed a human rights abuse.
The different terminology is used because violent opposition groups in general have not, in a formal legal sense, committed themselves to obeying human rights law, though most governments have committed themselves, in theory, to protecting human rights.
Human rights violations and abuses most often thought of under the term human rights violations include those documented by organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
HumanRights Watch considers that the financiers of Phase I of the project’s construction (1992-99) and U.S. government agencies that financed and lobbied for the project are complicit in the humanrightsviolations.
HumanRights Watch also considers that those institutions which have agreed to finance Phase II (set to begin in 1999) will be complicit in humanrightsviolations unless they implement adequate safeguards to ensure respect for humanrights.
HumanRights Watch interviewed dozens of witnesses and victims of humanrightsviolations; Indian government officials; lawyers knowledgeable about the events; current and former U.S. government officials; and representatives of nongovernmental organizations.
Humanrightsviolation is a term used when a government violates national or international law related to the protection of humanrights.
Humanrightsviolations and abuses most often thought of under the term humanrightsviolations include those documented by organizations such as Amnesty International, HumanRights Watch and the International Freedom of Expression Exchange.
Humanrights organizations such as Amnesty International (AI) have criticized the use of the death penalty, however, in some democracies such as the United States, particularly when the penalty is used against those who were minors when they committed the crime in question.
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