Why is the phrase "human rights" only thought of as a non-US issue? 12 Articles

by Jon Dainty Sr.

Do You Keep Your Eyes Open All the Time? It is very difficult for most Americans not personally involved in a "rights organization" to access information concerning U.S. violations of human rights. This is one of sever...read more

by Jotunrunner

Human rights are a crazy new idea. They didn't begin with the American founding fathers, nor did they end with the US Constitution. If you read the thing, you'll find that the protection of citizen's rights were very nea...read more

by Mike Romeling

The very title of this article gives us a big part of the answer. Those who think of "human rights" as a non-US issue are - guess what? - from here in the United States. Why don't we seem to know this? The truth is not har...read more

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by Sezin Rajandran

Contrary to the positing of this question, human rights are not actually thought of as a non-US issue and it is quite presumptuous to think otherwise. Human rights are, in effect, a worldwide issue and the United States pl...read more

by Shaik Sultan

why is the phrase "human rights" only thought of as a non-US issue?here is the answer , Information about U.S. human rights violations and related issues is included in Apologetics Index for the following reasons: Ap...read more

by Eve Redstone

Human rights are an international concern. We read of atrocities such as the genocide in Rwanda and we, as human beings, all agree that the perpetrators have violated human rights. But what about closer to home? What a...read more

by Carrington M. Nye

Human Rights, Freedom from arbitrary interference or restriction by governments. The term encompasses largely the same rights called civil liberties or civil rights but often suggests rights that have not been recognized. ...read more

by slim'n'none

The reason that "Human rights" tends to be considered as a non U.S. issue is quite simple really. We have come farthest in our efforts to secure them. Is the U.S. perfect? Not by any means. Is the U.S. close to perfec...read more

by Gina Barr

First of all, because great strides have been made over the past fifty years in areas of racism and class issues. The problem is that the problems come back and sometimes the problems come back with "a reason". In Americ...read more

by John Patterson

I think the biggest reason Human rights is considered a non us issue is because of the hippies. You would have thought it would have been opposite of this. We had the peace marches. But when the hippies fail to achieve the...read more

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by Michael Allen Carvell

Most people in our country have and get all their human rights its a common practice to believe that all people in our country are treated with human rights yet this is not always the case even in our nation. When ...read more

by Patty Musgrove

When we think of 'human rights' we automatically assume those to be the lack of rights in other places, as the U.S. is already the best, at everything. We are still the worlds leading 'Super Power' and holding, even w...read more