Human Rights Awareness N-US649-HB

It is DOD policy to oppose prostitution, forced labor, and any related activities that may contribute to the phenomenon of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) as it is:

Inherently harmful and dehumanizing

For all U.S. DOD personnel, standards of respect for Human Rights and Law of War (also known as Law of Armed Conflict, or LOAC, and international Humanitarian Law, or IHL) are codified in:

All of the answers are correct

Which of the following are signs of possible trafficking in persons activity?

All of the answers are correct.

When does human rights law require a nation to guarantee the fundamental human rights of its citizens?

During both peacetime and war, including internal armed conflict.

What are human rights?

Freedoms, immunities, and benefits that are deemed universal, inherent, and inalienable possessions of all mankind.

You're off duty at a host nation restaurant and while looking for the bathroom accidentally stumble into the kitchen. There you see a young boy washing dishes and to your horror you notice that his ankle is cuffed to the leg of the basin. You should

Immediately leave and report your observations through your chain of command.

You are part of an inter-agency team supporting trafficking interdictions in the Caribbean. For technical reasons you are required to board an intercepted vessel once U.S. law enforcement counterparts have detained suspects. Although you are not a direct part of the law enforcement mission, while aboard, you are very surprised to see a U.S. civilian official assaulting a handcuffed suspect under interrogation. The official shouts a warning to the suspect and postures to strike him again. Other personnel on the scene also appear to be surprised but hesitate to act. What should you do?

Intervene by discreetly using moral dissuasion (i.e. take the officer aside, so as not to raise legal questions in front of the detainee) to prevent the official from continuing to assault the suspect. Record and report your observations.

In addition to being a matter of U.S. and international law, respect for human rights also is a matter of:

Military Professionalism

To which of the following human rights conventions in the United States NOT obligated?

None of the answers. The United States is bound by ALL of these conventions.

You witness a host-country military officer abusing his trainee in a clearly life threatening manner. What should you do?

Persuade the officer to desist, intervening with moral dissuasion as long as it poses no serious threat to your safety or your mission. Record and report this incident.