superpowers and health human rights and interventions

iran 2026

rwanda

• civil war broke out after the tutsis (who had been favoured by the Belgian colonial power despite being the minority) were forced out of power by the hutus and persecuted

• believed that around 800k died as a result. the international response was limited with NATO intervening but not allowing to shoot or cause harm to civilians.

• women were raped and both men and women were tortured etc by the Hutus who gained control of the military

• this still has long lasting effects today.

afghanistan

malaria

• the global response to malaria has been particularly effective with organisations such as WHO producing funding in order to help communities

• In countries around Africa and South and South East Asia, vaccines were given free of charge

• face difficulties due to funding gaps, insectcide resistance and climate change

• 44 countries have been declared malaria free

haiti

russian invasion of ukraine

USA

• dominated the cultural landscape and foreign policies internationally due to their economic and poltiical dominance. have widely been regarded as the police force of the world

• recently have reduced in their global influence because of the rise of Trump and MAGA, both of which have been a dividing figure internatioanlly due to their beliefs and actions which have violated international law

• EU has seemingly decided to move away from America due to their actions in Greenland, as well as NATO after Trump threatened to remove funding as they didn’t support the invasion of `Iran.

Russia

China

BRICs

North Korea