War on terror has contributed to the growing abuse of Human Rights
By: Wish Maker
14-02-2015
Synopsis

1) Introduction
2) Post 9/11 world and U.S led war on terror
3) Human Rights: What are they?
4) The Fatal Fault Lines: Contribution of War On Terror to the excessive abuse of Human Rights

a) Drone Attacks- A lethal weapon that kills more innocents than militants
b) Guantanamo bay & Abu Gharib Prisons: Hells on earth
c) Use of Chemical weapons during Iraq invasion
d) Missing Persons- a blatant violation of basic human right to be heard before the jury
e) Rapes and Gang rapes by US led NATO forces in war affected countries
f) Engineered political set ups by the US in war torn countries- A violation of people’s right to elect the representative of their own choice
g) Intrusion into people’s Privacy- An abuse of basic human right
h) Controlled media: attack on people’s right to impartial and free flow of information

5) Countries with maximum abuse of Human Rights due to War on Terror
a) Iraq
b) Libya
c) Afghanistan
d) Pakistan
6) Response by the International Community on the violation of Human Rights due to War on Terror
a) U.N resolution against the use of Drone Strikes as a weapon of war
b) Condemnation by OIC and EU

7) Walking the Walk: Pragmatic Steps for the protection of human rights in the wake of war on terror
a) A halt on Drone attacks
b) Immediate closure of inhuman torture cells
c) Release of missing persons
d) Trial of the alleged militants before the jury
e) Implementation of UN resolutions for the protection of human rights
f) A vibrant role of the global human rights protection organizations
g) An active role of media, academia, civil society and Human rights activists for spreading awareness of the gravity of the issue and protection of human rights
8) Concluding Observations



A short version of the Essay:


If history is any guide, there is no such thing as a soft or harmless war. Wars bring grief. All wars are ugly, destructive and abuse human rights. The US led war on terror is no exception. It certainly, has contributed to the growing abuse of human rights. The only difference, if there is any difference between it and the previous wars is that of tactics, technology and the magnitude at which human rights are being violated. The modern warfare methods used in this war on terrorism have left human rights activists across the globe astound.

The use of unmanned drones as a lethal weapon of warfare is a case in point. It does not kill but annihilates more innocent people than the targeted militants. It is but blatant violation of human rights. Similarly, the use of chemical weapons during invasion of Iraq; presence of torture cells at Guantanamo bay and Abu Gharib, thousands of missing persons with no chance of trial before a jury, hundreds of cases of rapes and gang rapes by the US led NATO forces in war torn countries, engineered political set-ups in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan, intrusion into people’s privacy and attack on people’s basic right to impartial and free flow of information through controlled media are but few notorious legacies of massive abuse of human rights in this war on terror.


One lives in hope that better sense would prevail among the shameless champions of human rights and this madness come an end. The humankind of course, deserves more respect and a guaranteed protection of their inalienable rights.

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Dear
What do you think about "growing abuse" and "contribution" ?
I think you have done justice to the topic but just in one dimension. And in my view this topic included 3 dimensions. You may differ with me.

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@ Asad Ibrahim! Same as your younger brother may get rowdy after watching violent cartoons or may be you and i start laughing watching Tom & Jerry together if we ever did that at all.! Its called cause and effect relationship. We have assumed that violent content no matter the cartoons or movies have an effect on their viewers. In simple words its the contribution of violent content towards the growing aggression of the its consumers.

I hope you are following my "mantaq". Let me make it more easier. You must have heard this Hollywood movie 'Fifty Shades of Grey". It was released almost two months ago and banned after a day or two in the US. Waja? It had inappropriate and sexually violent content. 1000 cases of rape were registered in the very next day after the release of this movie. So, the point here is that FIFTY SHADES OF GREY has contributed towards the abuse of rape and so has done the war on terror as far as the violation or the abuse of human rights are concerned. Hope i have answered your question

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@ wish maker
Yes thats right but i think its just a supposition. In my view, strictly if we follow the words of topic then it says about "contribution." to me this word means that, he is asking about all the abusers and then more emphasis is to be liad upon "war on terror" so i added two more things in this essay as
1. How human rights abuse is growing
War crimes, genocide,
2. Contributors to the human rights abuse
States, private militias, groups, individuals.
3. COntribution of war on terror to growing abuse.
After all we are here to discuss for improvement.
Thanx

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I do respect your right to differ and thank you very much for taking interest in the post Asad

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what about causes to describe on both sides of coin political tussle in and between countries ,sectarian violence,proxy war ',únemployment ,poverty

the essay has two parts the war on terror and contribution to growing abuse of human rights .the answer is simple besides reports mentioning the causes of war on terror and causes of human rights abuse. in this way will find a cycle in which gyres are from small to bigger but simple

If history is any guide, there is no such thing as a soft or harmless war.

A better way to phrase this would be ' If history is any guide, there is no such thing as a JUST war'

Just war is a concept. While I have never heard of soft and harmless being attached to war. It is after all a war, killing people is never soft or harmless.

If I had to answer this question I would have approached it from a different perspective, while your essay outline is good, it lacks analysis. My version would consist of first of all defining how war on terror is different from other wars. The biggest difference is that war on terror is a war on an 'ideology' as compare to a war against a person or a country. Thus unlike previous wars, this war has a faceless opponent. There are no borders to confine this war to. Thus the war is far more spread out leading to far more casualties and atrocities which are typically associated with war. War is a state of lawlessness, that's a fact, hence going to war is always a great burden (read the Just War Theory). My conclusion would be, because it is a given where there is a war, there is lawlessness. War overrides the law of the land, hence like previous wars, war on terror where ever it is fought, and it is fought all over the world, the law does not exist. And where the law does not exist, crying about human rights becomes a futile exercise.

PRIME CAUSES OF WAR ON TERROR 1 internal causes 1 unemployment 2 poverty 3 political tussle 4 sectarian violence 5 proxy war ....when terrorist produce in one country ? When they were not given proper job,house when people caught up in political conflicts in countries and between countries then start sectarian conflicts and proxy wars ... check out Indian condition the Mao rebels the shia Sunnis in Pakistan and whole subcontinent and middle east it shows the miserable democratic set up and invites the proxy wars hence starts. War on terror and growing abuse of human rights ..all causes are linked to one another and yes this war has no borders ...primely one country allows itself to be used by other countries owing to these causes I never heard Nigeria or somalia used lands of Russia Spain america for proxy wars isn't it .......I think wat required was to mention prime causes ...in this way second part will balanced itself ...reporting should be there but I think theses are the prime causes isn't it ....the action and reaction...the causes and consequences

@Wish Maker!
excellent outline and INSH ALLAH,you will secure good marks in this essay.

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