The situations vary greatly, with some regions facing crimes against humanity and/or war crimes, while others are facing genocide or circumstances seemingly slouching toward genocide. Due to space constraints, the situations in three different countries in three different parts of the world shall be commented upon herein: South Sudan, Afghanistan, and North Korea. For nine years, the people of South Sudan have been subjected to a catalog of horrors arising from a civil war that broke out in December 2013. Females are facing such a horrendous situation in Afghanistan that, according to the UN's Human Rights Council, "they are committing suicide at a rate of one to two every day." Fortunately, numerous international human rights organizations track the myriad infractions of human rights perpetrated across the globe, and disseminate such findings to the United Nations, individual states, and the public.

Source: Forbes January 14, 2023 09:22 UTC