But if you disobey the Lord your God and do not faithfully keep all his commands and laws that I am giving you today, all these evil things will happen to you.—Deuteronomy 28:15-68

As numerous countries in the West, East and North, continue to display various eyebrow raising acts, the world can no longer sit still, and let the so-called custodians of global human rights that were enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights (circa 1948), continue to hold this noble title.

In recent years, while some countries in the West are removing facts in an unpleasant era of its history, some are changing the rules laid down in the book. They are committing all atrocities in broad daylight, in full view, and sometimes in collaboration with the United Nations.

Because of the activities of these so-called custodians, leads me to make the declaration that they cannot stand on the pedestal of being custodians of human rights.

These countries in the West can no longer go into countries and poke their noses into laws and regulations, advising and most times requiring the countries to change their laws.

While it has been the norm in recent years that since pro-gay rights won the battle for equal rights and came into the room, the activists have turned around and labelled those who do not promote gay rights as being against human rights, accusing them of being homophobes or homophobic.

The international platform has, of late, been enlarged to accommodate their voices only and regional and international bodies. They do this in front rows of international forums.

It is even more troubling what the West has been endeavouring to accomplish with its powers to effect changes in social and health matters in the world.

There are disturbing developments in the human rights campaign in the Western and Northern countries such as promoting sexual rights in children in an attempt to legitimise pedophile activities.

In Africa, through such international resolutions, the Western nations are busy pushing for legislation to change laws on the age of consent from 16 to 18 years and to normalise adults having sex with children in the guise of “children have the right to enjoy sex.”

This makes many wonder “when did the guardians of the human rights region, now say children have rights to sex? And is the mantra “do all for the interest of the child” trashed in the bin?

It is overwhelming to see that now most African and Asian countries have these marriage age changes, all of a sudden due to such pressure.

With all the inhuman activities that are taking place in the former leaders of human rights, many are asking ‘which planet did some of these people drop off from?’

So, as part of a response to such questions and concerns, to declare that it is official, I, being of sound mind, body, and soul , mother of five children and 16 grandchildren, do hereby declare that it is decided, by unanimous poll vote that the Western and some Eastern countries are no longer fit, qualified, or meet the standards to be referred to as “the guardians of human rights.”

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