Misinformation concerning infringement of human rights

It is in the interest of individuals and groups seeking political advantage to arouse public interest, international media attention, and especially the concern of those monitoring human rights abuses, by falsifying or exaggerating claims of infringement of human rights. Under the social conditions in which such claims are made it is difficult to determine what really occurred given the effort of those so motivated to make such claims and the effort of the authorities to deny their validity, whether or not they are true.

Governments represented in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights regularly make statements indicating that the evidence produced for human rights infringements is false or simply an exaggeration of minor incidents.

1. False evidence
2. Connivance of authorities in human rights abuses
3. Biased allegations against governments

1. Incitement to violence
2. Impunity of violators of human rights
3. Bias in United Nations response to human rights

1. Endorsement of false government claims

1. Uncovering false declarations of ill-treatment
2. Providing false evidence
3. Protecting human rights
4. Monitoring human rights violations
5. Monitoring civil rights
6. Informing about infringement of human rights
7. Informing about human rights issues
8. Falsely declaring ill-treatment
9. Exposing violations of human rights
10. Exposing violation of civil rights
11. Exaggerating human rights infractions
12. Exaggerating
13. Educating about human rights
14. Documenting torture
15. Discrediting allegations of rights violations
16. Declaring substantiated ill-treatment
17. Claiming ill-treatment
18. Being fallacious

1. Misinformation
2. Fallacy
3. Infringement
4. Maltreatment
5. Torture
6. Violation
7. Exaggeration