Like at the beginning of the book? Where the capulets and Montagues got into a street fight and the prince came and said that if this were to ever happen again they would be sentenced to death.
Answer:
A state commits human rights violations either directly or indirectly. Violations can either be intentionally performed by the state and or come as a result of the state failing to prevent the violation. When a state engages in human rights violations, various actors can be involved such as police, judges, prosecutors, government officials, and more.
Explanation:
You can not, Invade humans rights cause everyone equally has rights.
You just rephrase it in your own words, but don't make the sentence too weak. Just write it in a way you would write it.
My best bet would to go with 'were' because they sound similar and it just seems more professional.