Human rights are facing a “worrying backlash” from a global community that has failed to “learn the lesson” of the past. Melzer pointed to the grave human rights violations occurring in key migration routes as proof that the global community now considers human rights a “luxury” instead of a right. The first major dismantling of human rights began after 9/11, said Melzer, who worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the time. Rather than provide solutions to these problems, however, world leaders are instead “promoting regressive policies focused on national interests and decrying human rights as a threat to national sovereignty and security”. If we can do so peacefully and without violence and destruction, then there is hope for the future.”

Source: The Guardian December 10, 2018 13:07 UTC