Most countries around the world struggle with protecting their citizens of some of the most basic human rights, according to a study by researchers out of the University of Rhode Island's Center for Nonviolence.
<p>A new report that grades all the countries of the world on their respect for human rights paints a grim picture of human rights practices in the 21<sup>st</sup> century.</p>
<p>Produced by the Global RIghts Project (GRIP), a research team based in the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, the report draws on a vast quantitative human rights dataset to grade each country’s human rights practices on a 100-point scale. The report found that 60% of the world’s countries get an ‘F’ (a score of 0-59) for their human rights practices, while only about 20% of countries receive a grade of ‘A’ or ‘B’ (a score of 80-100). The global median score was 50.</p>
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Most countries around the world struggle with protecting their citizens of some of the most basic human rights, according to a study by researchers out of the University of Rhode Island's Center for Nonviolence.