380 INDICATORS ARE IN FASHION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SDGs ERA. ARE HUMAN RIGHTS GETTING THEIR FAIR HEARING?
So much is offered to us through indicators-stuffed networks that we live in constant awe for not being able to…
379 WE CANNOT AVOID BUT ASKING OURSELVES A CRUCIAL QUESTION: DO RELIGIONS PREACH PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT SUPPORT THE PASSIVE ACCEPTANCE OF INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY?
1. Could it be that the problem with religion is that it is somehow transformed into law, because it derives…
378 HUMAN RIGHTS ARE RIGHTFULLY AND GENERALLY CONCEIVED AS A COUNTER-HEGEMONIC INSTRUMENT FOR RIGHTING HISTORICAL MISREPRESENTATIONS AND INJUSTICES.
Hegel somewhere remarked that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He forgotto add: the first…
377 THE POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS ABOUT OVERTURNING THE DOMINANT DEVELOPMENT NARRATIVE
Politics is not just something to be studied; it is something you either do, or let others do to you.…
376 BEING A FREE WO/MAN IS MORE THAN LIVING IN A PLACE WHERE HUMAN RIGHTS ARE BEING PROCLAIMED. BEING FREE ENTAILS BEING IN A WAR WHERE ONE HAS TO STRUGGLE EVERY DAY AGAINST ALL POWERS, AGAINST ALL FEARS.
-“Some dare not speak about human rights (HR) any longer, because the term has been prostituted by the son’a bitches…
375 INEQUALITIES, POLITICAL CAPTURE AND THE EXERCISE OF CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ARE CLOSELY CONNECTED.
1. Consider the following list of iron laws about poverty and equality as highlighted by Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur…
374 IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SO PREVALENT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE LIVING FRIGHTENED?
1. An examination of the history of almost any type of social movement, including human rights (HR) movements, shows that…
373 POVERTY IS WAY TOO OFTEN SEEN AS A PERSONAL FAILING WHEN, STRICTLY SPEAKING, IT IS RATHER A POLITICAL AND A HUMAN RIGHTS FAILING. (B. Mullaly)
1. The reduction of extreme poverty is undeniable in some regions, but the reduction worldwide remains limited.* Just consider: 75%…
372 HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NOT A SUPPLEMENTAL TASK IN ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AFFAIRS POLICY MAKING; THEY ARE A CORE ISSUE.(DirkMessner)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes human rights as the most important of the four ‘pillars’ in the UN…
371 IF DEFENDING AND STRUGGLING FOR THE FULFILMENT OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH IS CONSIDERED SUBVERSIVE, IT MAKES US SUBVERSIVE. THIS IS AN INVITATION. LET’S ALL SCHEME AND CHALLENGE! (LuisWeinstein)
In the words of a Dean of Johns Hopkins University, work in the health sector requires the flexibility of an…