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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Yes, we should not give any weapons to the government of an occupying force, any government actively committing genocide and should focus mainly on arming and funding liberation movements, people fighting against a dictator or foreign occupier.
@9W9DFQ3Conservative1mo1MO
It depends on which organization is doing the accusing. Most of the international organization such as UN, ICJ, ICC are inherently corrupt, dishonest and dysfunctional.
@9VF4NS92mos2MO
Yes, Canada should not sell weapons to any country.
@9T64K8RConservative3mos3MO
Yes, but only on our enemies and to have strict accountability with our allies whom we do send our weapons to.
@9RFBPZV4mos4MO
Accused is not proof. I'd need access to unbiased, specific, and accurate knowledge to have an opinion
@9RC2QHKNew Democratic4mos4MO
No, depending on whether fhe country is under duress by another country with even greater human rights violations, the subject must be handled with nuance.
@9RBWQPY4mos4MO
Yes, but the question of who is deciding if human rights violations are being done should be with Canada. The UN is a joke.
@9QZCYDN4mos4MO
If there's evidence that the country does that then yes. Only give weapons to trusted allies that need it.
@9KJYBFWConservative9mos9MO
Only for certain countries like Saudi Arabia. Not countries like Israel.
@9K6HR9K9mos9MO
Either Way, No And Yes, if i had the time to do it so i'd fund in organizations in other countries i dont like, And Second off, that's immediately cut off due to how pathetic humans and the world is.
@9JSPMXF10mos10MO
Yes, but only if it's been proven that they've violated human rights or if they are in desperate need of assistence and we can afford it.
@9ZNXRCY2 days2D
Yes for the most part but, keep selling to countries that we are allied with, regardless of their stance on human rights.
@9ZK3JNS1wk1W
Yes, we should only give weapons to liberation movements like the IRA, PFLP and Hamas and countries that are in opposition to NATO so NATO and those countries can weaken eachother.
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