The United States scored low on a new classification system that captures abuses of power by nation-states (i.e., a political entity in which state and nation are identical).
The Guardian reported that the index, conducted by a group co-chaired by former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, showed the United States 163rd in the impunity index, reflecting a poor reputation for discrimination, inequality and access to democracy. The export of weapons from the country and the history of violence are also a more serious negative factor.
She said the United States ranked worse than Hungary and Singapore in terms of impunity, pointing out that the United Kingdom ranked 147th and its results were affected by the protection of offshore tax havens that encourage tax abuse in other countries.
Among the most powerful countries in the international system, Germany and Japan perform best, benefiting from the fact that they are not directly involved in these kinds of conflicts. In general, high-income liberal democracies perform well, with Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway performing best in the index.
The authors of the study stated that the concept of impunity is the exercise of power without accountability, which becomes most evident when crimes are committed with impunity.
Source: The Guardian