Citizens in a dictatorship have very few rights. Though some dictators, eager to whitewash their reputations, have worked to gain international recognition for certain benefits in their countries, these chronic rights abusers pick and choose which of the rights listed on The Universal Declarations of Human Rights to highlight and which to ignore. Having the power to control all areas of life in their own countries, dictators routinely disregard the plight of their own people as well as the concerns of the international community. For citizens living under a dictator, life is controlled and access to information and the outside world is limited.