Human rights in Creeperopolis

Human rights in Creeperopolis are a topic of concern. The Creeperian government enforces Levitical law which has caused several international organizations to denounce the government as violating basic human rights. The absolute monarchy under the House of Martínez has continued to disregard foreign complains of human rights violations.

Background

The Creeperian Constitution of 1833/1949 explicitly states its stance on human rights:

The Empire protects the basic human rights of all individuals.

— Title IV, Chapter III, Section I, Article XXV

, and:

The Empire protects the freedom and liberty off all individuals.

— Title IV, Chapter III, Section I, Article XXVI

However, in 1914, under the administration of Prime Minister Antonio Sáenz Heredia, the Parliament passed a bill called the Revocation of Criminal Rights Act that stripped the rights of criminals from any protections of the Constitution, including human rights. The High Court of Creeperopolis upheld the act as constitutional as it was a constitutional amendment. Despite efforts to repeal it by liberal governments, the act remained in force, and criminals officially have officially not had human rights in Creeperopolis since 1914.

Torture

The Creeperian government approves of the use of torture in interrogation and as a form of punishment prior to execution.

Capital punishment

Capital crimes

• Abortion^*
• Adultery
• Aggravated Burglary
• Apostasy^a
• Armed Robbery
• Blasphemy
• De-Catholization Denial
• Deltinian Genocide Acceptance
• Drug smuggling
• Espionage
• Homosexuality^b
• Murder^*
• Pedophilia^*
• Practicing Atheism^c
• Practicing Communism
• Rape
• Sex Trafficking
• Sorcery/Witchcraft
• Terrorism
• Treason^*
• Waging war on God
• Waging war on the Empire

^*Capital Crime enforced by the Consitution.
^aAlthough not enforced by the government, local villagers and death squads execute apostates.
^bDeath penalty for homosexuality applies across all Creeperopolis as of 27 January 2020.
^cAtheism in Creeperopolis is defined as outright denial of God's existence. Agnosticism and Irreligiousness are not punishable by the law and are allowed to be practiced.

Sectarianism and freedom of religion

In regard to religious freedoms, the Creeperian Constitution states:

The Empire protects freedom of religion in cases of private and public worship. The Creeperian Catholic Church may be allowed to run places of worship with government tax breaks.

— Title IV, Chapter III, Section I, Article XXI

Atheists

Anti-Atheism (Antiateísmo) is an enforced policy in Creeperopolis. Creeperian Anti-Atheism is an ideology and a political movement against Atheism, as a theory and more specifically as it presented itself during the Second Parliamentary Era and the Creeperian Civil War. Organized Anti-Atheism developed properly during the Creeperian Civil War with rise of the National Council for Peace and Order, nicknamed the Miguelists. Anti-Atheism was one of the core elements of Romerism and the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council, nicknamed the Romerists.

The first organization which was specifically dedicated to opposing Atheism was the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council which fought in the Creeperian Civil War starting in 1933 against the recently established National Council for Peace and Order. The Romerist movement was militarily supported by several allied foreign governments which represented the first instance of Anti-Atheism as a government policy in Creeperopolis. The Romerists defeated the Miguelists and Creeperopolis was stabilized in 1949. Following the civil war, the Creeperian Initiative was established with Anti-Atheism as one of its core ideologies. The Creeperian government continues to impose Anti-Atheist policies. In Creeperopolis, practicing Atheism is punishable by the death penalty.

Freedom of press and communications

In regard to freedom of speech, the Creeperian Constitution states:

The Empire protects freedom of speech unless directed directly at the Supreme Pontiff (Pope and King of the State of the Church) or the Emperor of Creeperopolis.

— Title IV, Chapter III, Section I, Article XXII

Political freedom

Anti-Communism (Anticomunismo) is an enforced policy in Creeperopolis. Creeperian Anti-Communism is an ideology and a political movement against Communism, as a theory and more specifically as it presented itself during the Second Parliamentary Era). Organized Anti-Communism developed during the Creeperian Civil War with rise of the National Council for Peace and Order. Anti-communism was one of the core elements of Romerism and the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council.

The first organization which was specifically dedicated to opposing communism was the Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front which fought in the Creeperian Civil War with its Camisas Negras starting in 1933 against the Creeperian Social Communist Party and its Atheist Red Army. The Romerist movement was militarily supported by several allied foreign governments which represented the first instance of Anti-Communism as a government policy in Creeperopolis. Following the civil war, the Creeperian Initiative was established with Anti-Communism as one of its core ideologies. The Creeperian government continues to impose Anti-Communist policies.

The Third Senvarian Insurgency (1934-2020) against the separatist Senvarian Liberation Front was seen as an armed Anti-Communist struggle in Creeperopolis. A death squad, the Sombra Negra, targeted Senvarians and communists since its establishment in 1940 by Adolfo Rivera López during the civil war. FRENAMI sees vigilante justice as the only way to cleanse Creeperopolis of communism. There are allegations that FRENAMI may be funded or operated by the Creeperian government, which denies the claims.

LGBT rights

Main article: LGBT Rights in Creeperopolis

See also

• Creeperopolis