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* MightMakesRight: The idea that the desires of a perceived strong or triumphant party supersede the rights of everyone else.
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* RapePortrayedAsRedemption: Use of rape as a punishment.
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* UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming: The idea that some people "deserve" to be raped, beaten, etc.
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* UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar: All's ''not'' fair in love and war, and there are rules and laws that must be followed.
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** RapePillageAndBurn: When soldiers murder civilians, sexually assualt civilians, destroy property, steal property, or otherwise harm the defenseless. Often called "sacking" or "raiding", in modern times this is a crime punishable by imprisonment or death.

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** RapePillageAndBurn: When soldiers murder civilians, sexually assualt assault civilians, destroy property, steal property, or otherwise harm the defenseless. Often called "sacking" or "raiding", in modern times this is a crime punishable by imprisonment or death.



** TheWomenAreSafeWithUs: When soldiers refuse to sexually assault female civilians or POWs, or when their officers forbid them to. As with the above trope, this is mandatory by International Law.

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** TheWomenAreSafeWithUs: When soldiers refuse to sexually assault female civilians or POWs, [=POWs=], or when their officers forbid them to. As with the above trope, this is mandatory by International Law.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: A violation of human rights in which a person is subjected to physical or mental pain by another. This is illegal under international law as well as under the laws of most nations.



* FairForItsDay: When a work, act, or policy is considered better than that of its predecessors but still unacceptably backwards by current standards.



** WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: When a Genocide is ignored, forgotten, covered up, or treated as justified. This results in the victims of genocide being deprived of justice or dignity, and makes it easier for future genocides to occur.

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** WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: When a Genocide is ignored, forgotten, covered up, or treated as justified. This results in the victims of genocide being deprived of justice or justice, dignity, and often forgotten. It also makes it easier for future genocides to occur.


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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: When part of a country's population rises up against the established government with the hopes of radically changing it, and when said uprising is willing to violate human rights in order to achieve its goals. Even revolutions are subject to international laws, and should be held to basic ethical standards like anyone else.
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** WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: When a Genocide is ignored, forgotten, covered up, or treated as justified. This results in the victims of genocide being deprived of justice, and makes it easier for future genocides to occur.

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** WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: When a Genocide is ignored, forgotten, covered up, or treated as justified. This results in the victims of genocide being deprived of justice, justice or dignity, and makes it easier for future genocides to occur.
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* FinalSolution: Genocide -the deliberate mass-murder in whole or in part of an entire ethnic, cultural, national, or religious group- is often considered the ultimate violation of human rights.

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* FinalSolution: Genocide -the - the deliberate mass-murder in whole or in part of an entire ethnic, cultural, national, or religious group- group - is often considered the ultimate violation of human rights.



* SlaveryIsaSpecialKindOfEvil: As slavery reduces human beings to property and is associated with multiple other atrocities, it is seen as an extreme violation of human rights.

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* SlaveryIsaSpecialKindOfEvil: SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: As slavery reduces human beings to property and is associated with multiple other atrocities, it is seen as an extreme violation of human rights.



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** PrisonRape: A rampant human rights abuse common in the prisons of both fiction and real life. Oftentimes it is [[PlayedForLaughs joked about in media]], [[DirtyCop purposly ignored by prison guards]], [[KarmicRape or otherwise treated as something prisoners deserve]].

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** PrisonRape: A rampant human rights abuse common in the prisons of both fiction and real life. Oftentimes it is [[PlayedForLaughs joked about in media]], [[DirtyCop purposly purposely ignored by prison guards]], [[KarmicRape or otherwise treated as something prisoners deserve]].deserve]]. While there have been some efforts to prevent this, progress is slow.



* OldManMarryingAChild: Violates the right of the child, as the child is too young to consent to sexual activity. Since these marriages are often arranged by the child's parents, the child also loses the right to choose her own husband.

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* ** OldManMarryingAChild: Violates the right of the child, as the child is too young to consent to sexual activity. Since these marriages are often arranged by the child's parents, the child also loses the right to choose her own husband.husband.
** KarmicRape: The idea that someone "deserves" to be raped. Supporters of international human rights reject this notion, and press for laws that protect criminals from PrisonRape.


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** TheWomenAreSafeWithUs: When soldiers refuse to sexually assault female civilians or POWs, or when their officers forbid them to. As with the above trope, this is mandatory by International Law.

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* PrisonRape: A rampant human rights abuse common in the prisons of both fiction and real life. Oftentimes it is [[PlayedForLaughs joked about in media]], [[DirtyCop purposly ignored by prison guards]], [[KarmicRape or otherwise treated as something prisoners deserve]].

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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Due to the immense and long-lasting suffering rape causes to the victim, it is considered a severe violation of human rights and is illegal in almost all nations.
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PrisonRape: A rampant human rights abuse common in the prisons of both fiction and real life. Oftentimes it is [[PlayedForLaughs joked about in media]], [[DirtyCop purposly ignored by prison guards]], [[KarmicRape or otherwise treated as something prisoners deserve]].deserve]].
** MaritalRapeLicense: A human rights violation in which someone rapes their spouse. It is still accepted and even legal in some places.
* OldManMarryingAChild: Violates the right of the child, as the child is too young to consent to sexual activity. Since these marriages are often arranged by the child's parents, the child also loses the right to choose her own husband.



* MaritalRapeLicense: A human rights violation in which someone rapes their spouse. It is still accepted and even legal in some places.



* OldManMarryingAChild: Violates the right of the child, as the child is too young to consent to sexual activity. Since these marriages are often arranged by the child's parents, the child also loses the right to choose her own husband.

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* FinalSolution: Genocide, often considered the ultimate violation of human rights.

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* FinalSolution: Genocide, Genocide -the deliberate mass-murder in whole or in part of an entire ethnic, cultural, national, or religious group- is often considered the ultimate violation of human rights.rights.
** WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: When a Genocide is ignored, forgotten, covered up, or treated as justified. This results in the victims of genocide being deprived of justice, and makes it easier for future genocides to occur.



* MaritalRapeLicense: A human rights violation still accepted in some places.
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Human rights violations during war.
* OldManMarryingAChild: Violates the right of the child.

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* MaritalRapeLicense: A human rights violation in which someone rapes their spouse. It is still accepted and even legal in some places.
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Human rights violations during war.
war, often due to the absence of International Laws or due to said laws being ignored.
** RapePillageAndBurn: When soldiers murder civilians, sexually assualt civilians, destroy property, steal property, or otherwise harm the defenseless. Often called "sacking" or "raiding", in modern times this is a crime punishable by imprisonment or death.
** SinkTheLifeBoats: When soldiers go out of their way to kill enemy combatants who have already surrendered or are otherwise out of the fight and therefore no longer a threat.
** ChildSoldiers: When a military organization places children in combat situations which they are too young to handle. Often these children are forced to fight against their will, and many suffer mental trauma long after the fact.
** WouldNotShootACivilian: When soldiers refuse to harm non-combatants, or when their officers forbid them to. This is mandatory by International Law, as well as by the laws of most modern nations.
* OldManMarryingAChild: Violates the right of the child.child, as the child is too young to consent to sexual activity. Since these marriages are often arranged by the child's parents, the child also loses the right to choose her own husband.



* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: One of the reasons why struggle for human rights is important.
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* HonorRelatedAbuse: Violence against a (usually female) family member as a means of restoring the family's "honor".
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* SlaveryIsaSpecialKindofEvil: As slavery reduces human beings to property and is associated with multiple other atrocities, it is seen as an extreme violation of human rights.

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* SlaveryIsaSpecialKindofEvil: SlaveryIsaSpecialKindOfEvil: As slavery reduces human beings to property and is associated with multiple other atrocities, it is seen as an extreme violation of human rights.
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* SlaveryIsaSpecialKindofEvil: As slavery reduces human beings to property and is associated with multiple other atrocities, it is seen as an extreme violation of human rights.
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* FictionalGenevaConvention: Humans restricting the use of some acts of magical or futuristic warfare due to being in violation of human rights.

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* FictionalGenevaConvention: FictionalGenevaConventions: Humans restricting the use of some acts of magical or futuristic warfare due to being in violation of human rights.
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* FictionalGenevaConvention: Humans restricting the use of some acts of magical or futuristic warfare due to being in violation of human rights.
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* PrisonRape: A rampant human rights abuse common in the prisons of both fiction and real life. Oftentimes it is [[PlayedForLaughs joked about in media]], [[DirtyCop purposly ignored by prison guards]], [[KarmicRape or otherwise treated as something prisoners deserve]].
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* {{Dehumanization}}: Where a certain group has their humanity removed to make them easier to kill.
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* LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: There are things beyond basic human needs that makes a life, among them being, well, their rights.
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* FinalSolution: Often considered the ultimate violation of human rights.

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* FinalSolution: Often Genocide, often considered the ultimate violation of human rights.
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* HumansKillWantonly: Humanity defined by it's disregard for human rights.

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* HumansKillWantonly: Humanity defined by it's its disregard for human rights.

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* MaritalRapeLicense: A human righst violation still accepted in some places.

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* MaritalRapeLicense: A human righst rights violation still accepted in some places.places.
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Human rights violations during war.

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An index of tropes relating to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights human rights]] - violations of them, or struggle for them.

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* CultureJustifiesAnything: Every human being has human rights as an individual - rights that are not nullified by the concept of cultural rights. This dissonance is what makes "Culture Justifies Anything" a trope.
* FantasticRacism: Issues of racism and similar handled through metaphor.
* FinalSolution: Often considered the ultimate violation of human rights.
* HumansKillWantonly: Humanity defined by it's disregard for human rights.
* InhumanableAlienRights: Humans denying aliens or magical creatures their human rights, based on them being something else than human.
* MaritalRapeLicense: A human righst violation still accepted in some places.
* OldManMarryingAChild: Violates the right of the child.
* PrideParade: Marching for the rights of minorities and to celebrate sexual diversity and gender diversity.
* SuperHumanTrafficking: People trafficking, with super powered people.
* TotallyEighteen: Human Rights policies defining "child" as "anyone younger than 18" is one of the underlying reasons for why this trope (with 18 being the exact number) has become so universal over the last few decades.
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: Abstaining from violating human rights seen as something special rather than a requirement.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: How to define the "human" aspect of "human rights"?
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: One of the reasons why struggle for human rights is important.
* ZombieAdvocate: Fighting for the human rights of monsters or similar.

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