The invasion of Ukraine has uncovered the “double requirements” of human rights internationally, a brand new Amnesty Worldwide report has mentioned, with the West adopting a tricky response to Russia’s warfare of aggression whereas additionally sustaining a “deafening silence” on rights abuses world wide.

The UK-based rights organisation printed its annual 2022 report on Tuesday, highlighting the state of human rights in 156 international locations.

“In 2022, we had the incredible instance of how the world got here to help and present solidarity with the Ukrainian individuals. However we didn’t have an analogous sort of help and solidarity for the Palestinian individuals, the individuals of Ethiopia, Myanmar, and the Democratic Republic of Congo,” Agnes Callamard, Amnesty’s secretary-general, instructed Al Jazeera from Paris on Monday.

The worldwide response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “sturdy and welcomed”, characterised by public denunciations and marked by “sturdy calls towards the numerous warfare crimes being dedicated”, Callamard mentioned.

“It was additionally marked by dedication and precise actions to help worldwide investigation into these warfare crimes. The Worldwide Prison Courtroom did intervene in a short time and admittedly, very unusually,” she added.

In March 2022, Worldwide Prison Courtroom (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan mentioned he was opening an investigation into alleged warfare crimes in Ukraine, courting way back to the 2013 Maidan protests. At the moment, demonstrations erupted in central Kyiv towards the nation’s then-Russia-friendly authorities and persevered till the autumn of then-President Viktor Yanukovych’s administration in early 2014.

Earlier this month, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin for allegedly committing warfare crimes in Ukraine.

Callamard mentioned as a result of the response to Ukraine had been so “multifaceted”, overlaying many dimensions together with the problem of Ukrainian refugees, it made the “silence, the indifference and the neglect very obtrusive” when put next with different situations of human rights violations.

Israeli occupation, refugees

The Amnesty secretary-general mentioned that whereas the report had many examples of double requirements relating to human rights, the occupation of the Palestinians was a “significantly vital one”.

“With out making any comparability between Russia’s aggression and Israel … it’s clear the Palestinian individuals are beneath a regime of oppression. A regime of occupation and a regime of apartheid,” Callamard instructed Al Jazeera.

All Palestinians, wherever Israel controls their rights, are subjected to its systematic oppression and domination. However, for all its condemnation of among the instruments of apartheid, the EU nonetheless declines to acknowledge this technique. pic.twitter.com/fpMAID4Ip1

— Amnesty Worldwide (@amnesty) March 26, 2023

“At a time when the worldwide group did a lot … for the individuals of Ukraine, the individuals of Palestine lived by way of essentially the most lethal 12 months in a long time,” Callamard famous.

Greater than 150 Palestinians have been killed within the occupied West Financial institution and occupied East Jerusalem final 12 months, together with 36 youngsters. In Might, Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by an Israeli soldier whereas overlaying a raid in Jenin, resulting in worldwide condemnation.

The Amnesty report additionally condemned Europe’s strategy and perspective to Ukrainian refugees in contrast with refugees from different nations.

“Beneficiant reception of most individuals from Ukraine stood in sharp distinction to the customarily violent rejection and abuse of refugees and migrants at Europe’s exterior borders,” Amnesty mentioned within the report.

“This double normal revealed the racism inherent in European Union’s exterior border coverage and apply,” it mentioned.

In america, the report notes that 25,000 Haitians have been expelled between September 2021 and Might 2022 with out due course of, a transfer that runs counter to worldwide regulation.

Amongst different crises highlighted within the report, Amnesty mentioned the greater than two-year-long civil warfare in Tigray, Ethiopia, was one of many “deadliest in current reminiscence”. Based on some estimates, lots of of 1000’s of individuals concerned within the battle have been killed final 12 months alone, and international locations equivalent to Mali, Venezuela and Yemen have been additionally tormented by armed preventing or systemic violence “related to human rights violations”.

Ukraine a ‘blueprint’ for human rights

Ukraine ought to present a “blueprint” internationally for what must be completed to guard a inhabitants from critical rights abuses, Callamard instructed Al Jazeera.

“What may be completed for Ukrainian refugees, certainly may be completed for Syrian refugees,” she mentioned.

“What are the explanation for the worldwide group to not multiply what they’ve completed for the Ukrainian individuals and do this for different individuals? The one response to that query might be self-interest,” she added.

Requested if she was optimistic in regards to the state of human rights in 2023, Callamard mentioned: “Sadly, whereas we do have a great mannequin with Ukraine … we don’t have quite a lot of belief that international locations can act in methods that target the worldwide and common good and … guidelines that apply for everyone in all places.”