Pariah state

A pariah state is a nation whose conduct is considered to be out of line with international norms of behavior by either the rest of the international community (such as the United Nations), or by some of its most powerful states. A pariah state may face International isolation, sanctions or even an invasion by nations who find its policies or actions unacceptable. The term is closely related to the phrase "Rogue state".

Definitions
There is no definitive definition of a pariah state, the term has been applied to different states at different times, and is often a designation made for political purposes.

List
At various times in the past, the following states have been labeled or treated as pariahs in the international system. Some of them are still labeled as such at present:

Current

 * Abkhazia
 * Belarus
 * Colombia
 * Eritrea
 * Equatorial Guinea
 * Iran
 * Israel
 * Republic of Kosovo
 * Nagorno-Karabakh Republic


 * North Korea
 * Somaliland
 * South Ossetia
 * Sudan
 * Syria
 * Transnistria
 * Uzbekistan
 * Zimbabwe

Former

 * Afghanistan under the Taliban
 * Albania under Enver Hoxha
 * Argentina under the National Reorganization Process
 * Burma under military rule
 * Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and the subsequent Vietnamese occupation
 * Chile under Augusto Pinochet
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo under Mobutu Sese Seko
 * Haiti under Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier


 * Iraq under Saddam Hussein
 * Liberia under Charles Taylor
 * Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
 * Paraguay under Alfredo Stroessner
 * Peru under Alberto Fujimori
 * Sri Lanka during the Sri Lankan Civil War
 * South Africa under Apartheid
 * Turkmenistan under Saparmurat Niyazov
 * Uganda under Idi Amin
 * Yugoslavia under Slobodan Milošević

Henley's Visa Restrictions Index, 2012
The following table lists the pariah states, by the number of countries - the pariah state's nationals could enter freely (i.e. without a visa) - in 2012, according to Henley's Visa Restrictions Index 2012 (while the numbers in brackets indicate the Pariah state's HDI in 2012 - as published by UNDP in March 2013). Figures of parallel regular states are given as well, for comparison.