The United Nations defines human rights violations as deprivation of life; torture, cruel or degrading treatment or punishment; slavery and forced labor; arbitrary arrest or detention; arbitrary interference with privacy; war propaganda; discrimination; and advocacy of racial or religious hatred. In 1997 the U.S. Congress passed the “Leahy Laws” which cutoff security aid to specific units of foreign militaries if the Pentagon and the State Department determine a country has committed a gross violation of human rights, such as shooting civilians or summarily executing prison…
Read moreYes, I don't think we should be providing arms to any country but can provide military aid when needed.
@9ZYVF3M2mos2MO
if we are allies we should support them, but If they committed human rights violations the arms sales should be reduced
@9ZNXRCY3mos3MO
Yes for the most part but, keep selling to countries that we are allied with, regardless of their stance on human rights.
@9WYDMSD3mos3MO
Yes, we should not give any weapons to the government of an occupying force, any government actively committing genocide and should focus mainly on arming and funding liberation movements, people fighting against a dictator or foreign occupier.
@9W9DFQ3Conservative4mos4MO
It depends on which organization is doing the accusing. Most of the international organization such as UN, ICJ, ICC are inherently corrupt, dishonest and dysfunctional.
@9VF4NS94mos4MO
Yes, Canada should not sell weapons to any country.
@9T64K8RConservative5mos5MO
Yes, but only on our enemies and to have strict accountability with our allies whom we do send our weapons to.
@9RFBPZV7mos7MO
Accused is not proof. I'd need access to unbiased, specific, and accurate knowledge to have an opinion
@9RC2QHKNew Democratic7mos7MO
No, depending on whether fhe country is under duress by another country with even greater human rights violations, the subject must be handled with nuance.
@9RBWQPY7mos7MO
Yes, but the question of who is deciding if human rights violations are being done should be with Canada. The UN is a joke.
@9QZCYDN7mos7MO
If there's evidence that the country does that then yes. Only give weapons to trusted allies that need it.
@9KJYBFWConservative11mos11MO
Only for certain countries like Saudi Arabia. Not countries like Israel.
@9K6HR9K12mos12MO
Either Way, No And Yes, if i had the time to do it so i'd fund in organizations in other countries i dont like, And Second off, that's immediately cut off due to how pathetic humans and the world is.
@9JSPMXF12mos12MO
Yes, but only if it's been proven that they've violated human rights or if they are in desperate need of assistence and we can afford it.
@9ZK3JNS3mos3MO
Yes, we should only give weapons to liberation movements like the IRA, PFLP and Hamas and countries that are in opposition to NATO so NATO and those countries can weaken eachother.
@B2SWR5QConservative2 days2D
In general yes, however any accusations of Israel violating national law are false, there fore I believe it arms sales need to be examined on a case by case basis.
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