321 YES, WE EVENTUALLY ALL HAVE BEGGING RIGHTS, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. (part 1 of 3)
-What ever happened to the maxim “to each according to her needs?” -He who has, fears losing privileges; he who…
320 THE SUPERFICIALITY AND FRIVOLOUSNESS OF THE PUBLIC OPINION WORKS AGAINST THE NEEDS OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT. (Barbara Tuchman)
1. Let us not be fooled: Journalism helps shape public opinion; it thus is part of politics. (Z. Acevedo Diaz)…
319 IS IT CORRECT TO SAY THAT THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS IS TO BE CONCEIVED PER-SE AS A POLITICAL RIGHT OF ALL CITIZENS? #
1. Let me start with a truism: The word ‘politics’ has been manipulated much so that it means everything and…
318 WHEN PEOPLE SUFFER FROM HUNGER, THEY ARE NOT ONLY SUBJECTED TO A FOOD DEFICIT –THEY SUFFER FROM A JUSTICE DEFICIT. JUSTIFIABLY SO, HUNGER CREATES ANGER. (Oscar Lanza)
The concept of food security captures the notion of hunger, not as a deficit of calories and nutrients, but as…
317 IN A WAY, PUBLIC HEALTH DEALS WITH ‘STATISTICAL LIVES’ AND NOT WITH ‘REAL LIVES’ AS THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH DOES.
Six caveats to start with 1. First, public health cannot only revolve around that which is already ‘evidence-based’. Why? Because…
316 THE TIME FOR FALSE NOTIONS IS OVER: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE NOT PERVERSE AGITATORS.
-As much as it is criminal to promote a war that is avoidable, it is also criminal not to promote…
315 POVERTY IS A RESULT OF DISEMPOWERMENT AND EXCLUSION. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ARE BOTH A CAUSE AND A CONSEQUENCE OF POVERTY. (UNFPA)
-The fact that we have so many poor people is sad. But that it always is the same people is…
314 FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, RETURNING TO PRE-CRISIS STATUS-QUO WILL NOT SUFFICE.
To a chronic problem we cannot apply crises methods. 1. The climate, the economic and financial, the food and the…
313 IT IS HUMAN RIGHTS THAT ARE THE CONVENIENTLY FORGOTTEN INTRINSIC PART OF GOOD GOVERNANCE!
Has the concept of good governance been overused and has it become a rather insincere cliché? It is certainly old.…
312 RESOLUTELY STANDING FOR THE RIGHT TO HEALTH MEANS CONFRONTING THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION AND THE ECONOMICS OF INEQUALITY. #
While not universally embraced, the notion that health care systems are public goods protecting an inalienable right of all human…