Abstract
Since its inception, human rights policy of U.S. government has had a predominantly negative focus. Apart from positive statement of U.S. support for human rights goals, emphasis in most of legislation enacted in support of that policy has been punitive, excluding nations which systematically violate human rights from receiving economic or military assistance and eliminating U.S. programs which might contribute to human rights problem.' Little attention has been given to development of positive instruments for pursuit of human rights objectives. One important exception is International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. The Foreign Assistance Act was amended by Congress in 1978 to incorporate a human rights clause in statement of IMET objectives. IMET was to be used to increase the awareness of foreign nationals participating in (IMET) activities of basic issues involving internationally recognized human rights.2 As a result of that amendment, U.S. military training programs are now supposed to serve three distinct and at times contradictory purposes:
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