Debate on diplomatic intervention and some questions

Paul Behrens states that another area where most disputes arise when diplomats interfere in domestic affairs is the area of ​​human rights. As the Vienna Convention does not specifically list the scope of diplomatic duty, diplomats play essential roles under international law.

He said, in international law, the matter of human rights is recognized in the international court. To, all, This Latin word means ‘obligation towards all’. Diplomats justify what the host country calls interference through international law, but there is no legal solution to the debate.

No matter how much the role of foreign diplomats is debated on the question of human rights, freedom of expression, self-determination or right to vote, the role of democratic countries in this regard is not new.

Whatever mindset or approach is held in Washington or European capitals, their representatives do not deviate from it. He has not spoken in favor of any particular political party or ideology. The opposite has been noted in the case of authoritarian countries. Take neighboring Myanmar, for example. Some countries, as everyone knows, have described ethnic cleansing and genocide there as a matter of internal security of that country.

It cannot be denied that the issue of human rights has cast a shadow on bilateral relations with the US. This has resulted in sanctions being imposed against an entire security force, the RAB, and several officers. When no new restrictions were imposed on International Human Rights Day this year, some ministers expressed their satisfaction and tried to assure us that no new restrictions would be imposed. The question is, why is the question of imposing new restrictions being raised at all? We first need to know what has happened about the withdrawal of the old restrictions.

* Kamal Ahmed is a senior journalist

* This column appeared in the print and online editions of Prothom Alo and has been rewritten in English by Ayesha Kabir

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