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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Human Rights Maps (162): Apprehensions of Illegal Immigrants at the US-Mexico Border
A combination of better law enforcement and an economic recession has resulted in a steep decline of illegal immigration from Mexico to the US. One way to measure illegal immigration is to extrapolate on the basis of the number of … Continue reading
Posted in citizenship, data, human rights maps, international relations
Tagged border apprehensions, human rights, illegal immigration, immigration, maps, mexico, open borders, recession, u.s.
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (90): Prohibiting People From Standing Together and Doing Nothing
(source) President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus … drafted a law that would prohibit a “joint mass presence of citizens in a public place that has been chosen beforehand, including an outdoor space, and at a scheduled time for the purpose … Continue reading
Self-Defeating Human Rights Policies (8): Modern Slave Redemption and Swords-to-Plowshares
(source) “Slave redemption” is an effort to buy the freedom of women trafficked into prostitution, coerced domestic servants and other modern slaves. In essence, you offer to pay the slave-holder (the pimp for example) a price for the slave that exceeds … Continue reading
Self-Defeating Human Rights Policies (7): Qaddafi and the ICC
Another example of good intentions going wrong: One of the many puzzles surrounding Muammar Qaddafi was his refusal to go into exile. Once NATO intervened on behalf of the rebels and Tripoli fell, Qaddafi must have known that he would … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, human rights and international law, international relations, intervention, law, self-defeating human rights policies, war
Tagged arab spring, counter-productive, exile, ICC, International Criminal Court, libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, qaddafi, self-defeating human rights policies
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Human Rights Maps (161): Early 20th Century Views on Civilization
(source) (source) More on colonialism, prejudice, parochialism and progress. More human rights maps here.
Posted in data, human rights maps, international relations
Tagged backward, civilizations, colonialism, Ellsworth Huntington, human rights, maps, parochialism, progress
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