What Are The Types Of Serious Human Rights Violations? Come On, Check The List Here

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YOGYAKARTA What are the types of gross human rights violations? Before answering this question, it's a good idea to know what human rights are or what is commonly abbreviated as human rights.

According to Article 1 of Law Number 39 of 1999 concerning Human Rights (UU HAM), what is meant by Human Rights is a set of rights that are inherent in the essence and existence of humans as creatures of God Almighty and is a gift from Him that must be respected, upheld and protected by the state, law, government, and everyone for the sake of honor and protection of human dignity.

Well, human rights violations occur when a person's human rights are not respected, neglected, reduced, or deprived by others.

In a book entitled Law on Human Rights by Rhona KM Smith et al, human rights violations are interpreted as violations of state obligations born from international human rights instruments, either because of their own actions (acts of commission) or due to negligence.

Furthermore, Romli Atmasasmita in the book of the Human Rights Court and its Enforcement in Indonesia, called gross human rights violations a systematic and widespread violation. These two words are key words that are inherent and absolute that must exist in every gross human rights violation, especially those related to crimes against humanity.

This systematic and widespread element is an important and significant factor that distinguishes gross human rights violations from ordinary crimes.

In Indonesia, gross human rights violations are divided into two types, namely genocide and crimes against humanity.

This is stated in Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court.

In the law, it is explained that genocide crimes are every act committed with the intention of destroying or destroying various groups or parts of groups, nations, races, ethnic groups, religious groups by means of:

Meanwhile, crimes against humanity are acts committed as part of widespread attacks or systematics he knows that the attack was demonstrated directly against civilians.

This type of gross human rights violation can be in the form of:

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