U.S. human rights violations report 2019: trampling on human rights in another country for its own hegemony

U.S. human rights violations report 2019: trampling on human rights in another country for its own hegemony

China News Service, Beijing, March 13th: The Information Office of the State Council of China issued the "Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2019" on the 13th. The report states that the United States tramples on human rights in other countries.

The report shows that in order to maintain its own international hegemony, the United States pursues unilateralism and tramples on the international order and international system centered on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. Frequent "retreat", "breaking of the treaty", shirk international responsibility, and shake the foundation of global mutual trust and cooperation; frequent "sanctions" and "movement of force" have caused the world to fall into turbulence and chaos and cause serious humanitarian disasters.

The report believes that the United States has been in continuous war for decades, including the war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. Most of the wars waged by the U.S. government are unilateralist actions, not only without the authorization of the United Nations Security Council, nor the approval of the United States Congress. These wars have caused extremely serious casualties and property damage, leading to alarming human rights disasters.

The report cited a 2019 study published by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the United States, which shows that since 2001, the United States has spent more than $ 6.4 trillion in financial expenditures on wars, which caused a total of 801,000 deaths. According to statistics, the war in Afghanistan caused more than 40,000 civilian deaths and about 11 million people became refugees; the Iraq war caused more than 200,000 civilian deaths and about 2.5 million people became refugees; the Syrian war killed more than 40,000 civilians, 6.6 million People fled their homes.

The report states that US bullying threatens international agencies. In September 2018 and March 2019, former U.S. national security adviser Bolton and Secretary of State Pompeo separately threatened that if the International Criminal Court investigates personnel in the United States and its allies, the United States will ban those who are "directly responsible for the investigation" Retaliation measures such as immigration, freezing of assets, and even economic sanctions on the International Criminal Court.

Earlier, prosecutors of the International Criminal Court applied to the judge to investigate war crimes suspected by the warring parties during the war in Afghanistan. Violations of personal dignity, rape and sexual violence. " U.S. legal person James Goldstone commented that remarks made by senior U.S. government officials show that the US government treats international law "only if it is in the interest of the United States."

The United States has also unilaterally imposed sanctions that have seriously violated human rights in other countries. The UN website reported on November 7, 2019 that the UN General Assembly passed a resolution with an overwhelming majority for 28 consecutive years, calling on the United States to end the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michel Bachelet issued a statement stating that the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela may eventually deprive the people of that country of basic human rights.

According to the report, in recent years, the United States has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council, UNESCO, the Global Migration Agreement and other multilateral mechanisms, and has become a rule breaker and troublemaker of the international governance system. (Finish)