311 IS YOUR GOVERNMENT DOING WHAT IT SHOULD ON HUMAN RIGHTS? ARE YOU FOLLOWING UP IF IT DOES? (part 2 of 2)
OPERA: A step by step framework for assessing compliance 30. Given the fact that exclusion and disempowerment often breed bias,…
309 IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION, A SOCIETY OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND OF RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE A MIRAGE (OR A FARCE?). (J. Osorio)
1. For the fulfillment of human rights (HR), the obstacles to be overcome are actually way beyond what the core…
308 EQUITY AND EQUALITY ARE NOT EQUIVALENT; THEY CANNOT EITHER BE REDUCED TO SIMPLE RISK FACTORS, AS IS OFTEN DONE IN HUMAN RIGHTS TALK. (part 2 of 2)
As progress towards the MDGs is achieved, there yet is little evidence of results that are inclusive of people that…
307 EQUITY AND EQUALITY ARE NOT EQUIVALENT; THEY CANNOT EITHER BE REDUCED TO SIMPLE RISK FACTORS, AS IS OFTEN DONE IN HUMAN RIGHTS TALK. (part 1 of 2)
EQUITY: 1. Equity is a core legal concept intimately linked to the notion of justice. It goes beyond the letter…
306 HOW MUCH UNDERDEVELOPMENT CAN GLOBAL SECURITY TOLERATE AND HOW MUCH POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CAN ALLEGEDLY DEMOCRATIC STATES PUT UP WITH? (part 2 of 2)
“If voting changed anything, they would make it illegal”. (Emma Goldman as cited by M. Engler) The power of organization…
305 HOW MUCH UNDERDEVELOPMENT CAN GLOBAL SECURITY TOLERATE AND HOW MUCH POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CAN ALLEGEDLY DEMOCRATIC STATES PUT UP WITH? (part 1 of 2)
-In the name of democracy, too many promises remain unfulfilled for the poor majority; lingering poverty and a lack of…
304 RELIGIONS HAVE BEEN USED TO SUPPORT CONCERTED SOCIAL ACTIVISM AND HUMANISM. DOES THIS LINK THEM WITH HUMAN RIGHTS?
-The same way you find water when you dig, sooner or later, man finds the incomprehensible everywhere. (A. Lichtenberg) -Because…
303 HEALTH: NOT CHARITY, NOT MERCHANDISE: A HUMAN RIGHT. (part 2 of 2)
Nowadays, public health and the right to health have come to mean too many things to different people 15. Public…
302 HEALTH: NOT CHARITY, NOT MERCHANDISE: A HUMAN RIGHT. (part 1 of 2)
-Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. (Martin Luther King) -Health…
301 TRADITIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING IN CURRENT DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES BOILS DOWN TO REITERATING A CERTAIN LOGIC OF THINKING THAT SERVES THE HEGEMONIC AIMS OF THE PREVAILING DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM. HUMAN RIGHTS LEARNING IS DIFFERENT
1. Human rights learning (HRL) is necessary, precisely because knowledge in traditional capacity building in development work has been much…