France does away with jury trials for rape cases.
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Let me give you an example. You are a Russian citizen. You voted for the opposition party and don't support the war in Ukraine. You believe strongly in human rights.
Canada decides to seize your assets and gives them to Ukraine. This is a huge violation of your human rights. You cry as loud as you can "THIS IS A VIOLATION OF MY HUMAN RIGHTS" but nothing happens. Your assets are seized by a power that decided your human rights didn't matter. The end. What now?
https://www.rt.com/news/569794-sanctions-and-seizure-of-russian-property/
Meanwhile, you spend the better part of your life arguing against the Russian government's stance on LGBTQ+ because it violated human rights. Did you get any browny points for that? No. So again, what good are human rights when people with power can choose to take them away from you at any time and your previous support of human rights is irrelevant on whether or not those rights get taken away?
What you should do instead is simply believe in whatever you believe is right and wrong. The end. If you truly believe all "human rights" are right then go ahead and believe that. But you aren't anymore holier than thou simply because you believe in human rights compared to someone who doesn't believe in human rights. Human rights aren't anything special. They are just a set of values/beliefs that large groups of power have agreed to (for now), that's it.