Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Manufofin kare hakkin bil'adama da Derian da Daraktan Shirye-shiryen Manufofin Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Anthony Lake suka yi ya dan yi rauni saboda adawar Brzezinski. Rikice-rikicen siyasa sun kai ga mafi yawan rikice-rikice a lokacin faduwar 1979 na mulkin Pol Pot na kisan kare dangi na Democratic Kampuchea bayan da
mamayewar Vietnam ta Kambodiya, lokacin da Brzezinski ya yi nasara wajen samun gwamnati ta ƙi amincewa da sabuwar gwamnatin Kambodiya saboda goyon bayanta daga Tarayyar Soviet. Duk da damuwar kare hakkin dan adam, Carter ya ci gaba da goyon bayan Amurka ga Joseph Mobutu na Zaire, wanda ya kayar da 'yan tawayen da Angola ta goyi bayan rikice-rikicen da aka sani da Shaba I da Shaba II. Gwamnatinsa kuma gabaɗaya ta guji sukar keta haƙƙin ɗan adam a Philippines, Indonesia, Koriya ta Kudu, Iran, Isra'ila, Masar, Saudi Arabiya, da Arewacin Yemen.