| The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are | | | | Some consider this country as a shelter for refugees |
| submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State | | | | in case of international strife; some others consider it |
| to the U.S. Congress in compliance with sections | | | | as the cause of problems which made people lose |
| 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of | | | | their certain rights. |
| 1961 (FAA), as amended, and section 504 of the | | | | The double standard practices of the United States in |
| Trade Act of 1974, as amended. The law provides | | | | and out of the country have raised a lot of questions |
| that the Secretary of State shall transmit to the | | | | and oppositions. There are many criticisms on US |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives and the | | | | practices which violate human rights. Sometimes US |
| Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, by | | | | citizens condemn the US government because of the |
| February 25 "a full and complete report regarding the | | | | actions that threaten the national security. Most |
| status of internationally recognized human rights, | | | | critics have been due to the existence of torture, |
| within the meaning of subsection (A) in countries that | | | | legal rendition, assassination, imprisonment without |
| receive assistance under this part, and (B) in all other | | | | trial and the support of dictatorships. The American |
| foreign countries which are members of the United | | | | system was established to guarantee social and |
| Nations and which are not otherwise the subject of a | | | | economic rights for its citizenry through a progressive |
| human rights report under this Act." Reports on | | | | liberal democracy and its constitution which contains |
| several countries are included that do not fall into the | | | | the Bill of Rights. "Civil liberties in the United States |
| categories established by these statutes and that | | | | are built on what has been described as a |
| thus are not covered by the congressional | | | | self-evident truth that all men are created equal, that |
| requirement. | | | | they are endowed by their Creator with certain |
| The reports cover internationally recognized individual, | | | | unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty |
| civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the | | | | and the pursuit of Happiness" Declaration of |
| universal declaration of human rights." | | | | Independence |
| The human rights in the United States is a | | | | Freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of |
| controversial issue. The United States has been both | | | | religion, the right to bear arms, freedom from cruel |
| praised and criticized for its practices due to this | | | | and unusual punishment and the right to a fair trial |
| matter. Some of the practices have been considered | | | | and trial by jury are all have been recognized by the |
| progressive and some other against human rights, | | | | constitution. These are all seem to provide the best |
| either domestically or universally. "Legally, Human | | | | services according to the human rights, but what has |
| Rights within the United States are those rights | | | | happened in reality was not successful as believed by |
| recognized by the Constitution of the United States | | | | many critics. Equality in case of race, gender, age, |
| and those recognized by treaties ratified by the | | | | disability, and freedom of religion, freedom of |
| United States Senate as well as certain rights | | | | movement, freedom of expression, national security |
| articulated by the Congress of the United States." | | | | exceptions, humane and humane treatments, death |
| The question is whether the human rights have been | | | | penalty, prison system, health care, women rights |
| respected equally by the United States across the | | | | and international human rights are the matters which |
| world or not.Many people believe that the United | | | | the United States has been criticized for not being |
| States has had double standard practices to the | | | | able to serve the domestic and universal |
| human rights and the equality which must be the | | | | expectations. |
| same for humankind has changed to be inequality. | | | | |