Human rights violation
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Human rights violation is a term used when a government violates national or international law related to the protection of human rights. A human rights abuse is when a violent opposition group carries out a similar action. The different terminology is used because violent opposition groups in general have not, in a formal legal sense, committed themselves to obeying human rights law, though most governments have committed themselves, in theory, to protecting human rights.
Human rights violations and abuses most often thought of under the term human rights violations include those documented by organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Freedom of Expression eXchange.