Targeted attacks on civilians, war crimes and abuse of artificial intelligence: in a devastating annual report, Amnesty International (AI) has denounced serious violations of human rights worldwide. “The rule of law and human rights are under greater threat worldwide than they have been in decades,” said the organization when presenting its annual report on Tuesday. In the Gaza war, Amnesty accuses the Islamist Hamas and the Israeli armed forces of war crimes. In this context, there are serious allegations from the German Amnesty section against the traffic light government and especially against Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens).
In particular, the wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip as well as in Sudan would call into question the universality of human rights, says the AI report. Growing social inequality and the worsening climate crisis are also an increasing danger.
Top 5 and Flop 5 in Human Rights
However, Amnesty International does not provide a ranking of how much each country respects human rights. That’s what he does “Fragile State Index”. The photo series combines that FSI ranking with the results of the Amnesty International Annual Report 2023/24. Click through and find out where the human rights situation is particularly bad and where it is particularly good – and how Germany performs.
Sources:“Statista” on states with the worst human rights in 2023, “Statista” on states with the best human rights in 2023, Amnesty International Annual Report 2023/24.