SOUTHCOM Human Rights Awareness Actual Questions
and Answers Solved Correctly and Verified
Which of the following can result from U.S. personnel failing to respect human
rights or failing to convey the importance of respect for human rights to host
nation personnel?
- Damage to U.S. national security interests
- Damage to the military mission
- Damage to the advancement of key U.S. foreign policy goals
- Loss of trust of the civilian population
- All answers are correct (correct)
Which of the following is true of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
- It is the framing document for international human rights law
- Its creation in 1948 was one of the first acts of the United Nations
- It was drafted in response to systematic human rights abuse during World War II
- All answers are correct (correct)
Human rights include protections against:
- Denial of basic social, economic, and religious rights
- Extrajudicial executions, genocide, forced disappearance, and torture or inhumane
treatment
- Prolonged arbitrary detention and systematic racial discrimination
- All answers are correct (correct)
You have just concluded an information briefing of host nation personnel at a
Subject Matter Expert Exchange on incorporating human rights considerations
into the military planning process, and have opened the floor to questions and
answers. A junior officer stands up and asks, "How can you come here and talk to
us about human rights when everyone knows the United States has violated
human rights at Abu Ghraib?" How do you respond?
"It is U.S. policy to treat detainees in a manner consistent with U.S. law and
international conventions, and to respect the rights of protected persons. Human rights
abuse is against our values, and we maintain systems for punishing violators." (correct)
What are human rights?
Freedoms, immunities, and benefits that are deemed universal, inherent, and
inalienable possessions of all humankind (correct)
When does human rights law require a nation to guarantee the fundamental
human rights of its citizens?
Fundamental human rights must be respected throughout the peace-war-peace
spectrum (correct)
Why must U.S. government officials and military continuously train on human
rights?
- Prepare ourselves to lead globally and in the SOUTHCOM AOR
- Stay true to U.S. national values in protecting national security
- Draw a contrast between the U.S. and authoritarian global competitors
- All answers are correct (correct)
The U.S. law commonly referred to as the Leahy Law: (Select all that apply)
and Answers Solved Correctly and Verified
Which of the following can result from U.S. personnel failing to respect human
rights or failing to convey the importance of respect for human rights to host
nation personnel?
- Damage to U.S. national security interests
- Damage to the military mission
- Damage to the advancement of key U.S. foreign policy goals
- Loss of trust of the civilian population
- All answers are correct (correct)
Which of the following is true of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
- It is the framing document for international human rights law
- Its creation in 1948 was one of the first acts of the United Nations
- It was drafted in response to systematic human rights abuse during World War II
- All answers are correct (correct)
Human rights include protections against:
- Denial of basic social, economic, and religious rights
- Extrajudicial executions, genocide, forced disappearance, and torture or inhumane
treatment
- Prolonged arbitrary detention and systematic racial discrimination
- All answers are correct (correct)
You have just concluded an information briefing of host nation personnel at a
Subject Matter Expert Exchange on incorporating human rights considerations
into the military planning process, and have opened the floor to questions and
answers. A junior officer stands up and asks, "How can you come here and talk to
us about human rights when everyone knows the United States has violated
human rights at Abu Ghraib?" How do you respond?
"It is U.S. policy to treat detainees in a manner consistent with U.S. law and
international conventions, and to respect the rights of protected persons. Human rights
abuse is against our values, and we maintain systems for punishing violators." (correct)
What are human rights?
Freedoms, immunities, and benefits that are deemed universal, inherent, and
inalienable possessions of all humankind (correct)
When does human rights law require a nation to guarantee the fundamental
human rights of its citizens?
Fundamental human rights must be respected throughout the peace-war-peace
spectrum (correct)
Why must U.S. government officials and military continuously train on human
rights?
- Prepare ourselves to lead globally and in the SOUTHCOM AOR
- Stay true to U.S. national values in protecting national security
- Draw a contrast between the U.S. and authoritarian global competitors
- All answers are correct (correct)
The U.S. law commonly referred to as the Leahy Law: (Select all that apply)
