The extent to which a country or political figure upheld or violated human rights in the past.
the appalling human rights record of their home country
Example sentencesExamples
Only one group attempted any serious efforts to generate international support for its cause and to bring international attention to the regime and its human rights record.
The writer adds an important voice to the debate around this country's embarrassing human rights record.
Despite their atrocious human rights records, the world community has done very little in response.
The administration argues that granting the trade status would help open up the society as well as speed up the country's economic reform and improve its human rights record.
The country has the worst human rights record of any government currently in power.
The Netherlands and Denmark have cut their aid budgets to the country, citing corruption, poor governance, and poor human rights records.
The Government's poor human rights record deteriorated markedly throughout the year, as they intensified efforts to suppress dissent.
Diplomacy was effectively based on a public excusing of his human rights record and the playing down or ignoring of any reports to the contrary.
The country has been criticized by Amnesty International for its human rights record concerning prison conditions.
His human rights record was very well known before the war, but we did nothing then.