The constitution of the United Provinces of the Badlands guarantees human rights, but with a clause stating that it only applies if it is not illegal or extreme. Many of these guarantees are mere de jure statements that give the illusion of human rights but actually are not.

Torture

The Badlands government used torture on most of those who are accused of crimes. In fact, 95% of people arrested are sent to a police department and tortured. The methods of torture are usually methods such as waterboarding, being forced into stress positions, being placed in pitch dark rooms for days and the list goes on. Near Madcity, there is a place known as Camp Bane, which hosts The House of Pain. There, people are tortured. Hector Black would sometimes punish people by sending them to a torture center.

Public Surveillance

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras and the internet has been placed under government control. In the Badlands, there is a network of servers known as approval servers. These are used to operate the censorship network.

“Unforgivable Sins”

The Law of the Badlands has a category of offenses known as “Unforgivable Sins”. These offenses are specific actions in which there is no limit to the punishment. Often, people who are convicted of an unforgivable sin against the great leader are executed in the longest and most painful way that the judge could conceive of.

Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is virtually non-existent in the United Provinces of the Badlands. The constitution of the Badlands says that “All people shall have the right to free speech so long as what they speak is “not extreme”. Since so many ideas are considered illegal in the Badlands, free speech is vacuous. Certain books are banned and politicians are often seen with guns pointing to their head.

Hector Black banned all expressions that insult him in any way. In fact, there is a law known as The Dignity Act, which says that people must respect a Badcrew member and they must not criticize any member of the inner circle of the Badcrew.

Freedom of Religion

The United Provinces of the Badlands does not have a state religion nor is it an Atheist state. The constitution of the Badlands states that people may or may not have a religion but there is a clause stating that “cults” are forbidden. The Badlands government labels religious groups that criticize the state doctrine as “cults”. places of worship in the United Provinces of the Badlands are monitored by the Badlands in order to make sure they do not teach doctrines that go against Badlandian ideology.

The freedom of assembly

The constitution of the United Provinces of the Badlands guarantees the right to assemble given that certain causes are not considered “extremist”. However, anything against the state ideology is considered extremist, so it is meaningless.

Hate Speech Laws

What is deemed by the Badlandian government as “Hate Speech” is illegal in the United Provinces of the Badlands and declared “extreme”. Examples of things that are considered hate speech in the Badlands is calling the leader names or insulting him. All citizens must follow the UPB Commands.

Procedural Due Process

There are no clauses in the Badlands constitution that guarantees the right to trial by impartial jury. All trials were run by nothing but lawyers, and they are often partial and biased. There is no presumption of innocence. Usually, one has to prove they are innocent instead of guilty. If one cannot do so, the person gets convicted regardless of the evidence presented forth. Usually, it is impossible for someone to prove themselves innocent because the bar of evidence requires 100% certainty in the evidence in most cases. The conviction rate in the Badlands is 99.99%. Badlandian propaganda states this is because of the allegedly superior justice system in the Badlands.

Eventually, the Badlands government decided to make it so that people do not even have the right to a trial by judges. Canon X was passed to do this. The excuse was the high conviction rate.

Show Trials

Before trails were abolished in the Badlands, many of the trails were show trails. That is, their guilt was determined before any evidence was provided. Usually, they were convicted of an “unforgivable sin” and punished gravely.

Law Enforcement

Torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals and graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail. Crime (especially youth-related) is virtually unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Badlands is also renowned for its strong anti-business politics. The United Provinces of the Badlands is known for its secret police, The Knights of the Badlands.