Absence of Political Violence

This sub-sub-indicator assesses the levels of polit­ic­al vi­ol­ence and ter­ror that a coun­try ex­per­i­ences in a par­tic­u­lar year based on a 5-level “ter­ror scale”. Political terror is defined as violations of basic human rights to the physical integrity of the person by agents of the state within the territorial boundaries of the state in question. It includes torture and cruel and unusual treatment and punishment; beatings, excessive use of force, brutality; rape and sexual violence; killings and unlawful use of deadly force; summary or extra-judicial executions; political assassinations and murder; political imprisonment, arbitrary arrest and detention; incommunicado and clandestine imprisonment and detention; forced disappearances; kidnappings, forced relocations and removal.