The poor standing of Leopold the 2nd is most probably attributed to the role he had in the extermination of huge amounts of people in Belgian colonies at the time. This wasn't known at the time, but today we known that Leopold the 2nd had ordered a genocide over the Congonese people.
The right to a speedy and public trial is meant to protect the rights of
The accused
King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine after being accused of foreign power.
The statement is - True.
If we take in consideration the events that took place, and how each industrialized nation was behaving, it can easily be said that each of them thought that their own nation and culture are the best in the world, and that they are somehow superior compared to the others. Unfortunately, this type of thinking led to many conflicts and tensions, and eventually to the World Wars.
