280 HUMAN RIGHTS-PROOFING DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
1. We have a tremendous underutilized accumulated knowledge on the past and ongoing ‘development processes’ that, for the most part,…
1. We have a tremendous underutilized accumulated knowledge on the past and ongoing ‘development processes’ that, for the most part,…
1. Mind you, we have duties towards people we never know… and they have similar duties towards us. The human…
Good moral rules help us act in the most rational way possible 1. Human rights (HR) tell us we should…
To be effective in reducing poverty, foreign aid must first and foremost be disbursed in good faith for that purpose…
Understanding history for what it is 1. As individuals, we do not really create the historical times in which we…
1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 assumes humankind agrees with the institutions of a bourgeois society. According…
Background 1. On December 10, 1948, 48 countries signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The rest is history –history…
1. While health and human rights advocates have, from the start, taken a global perspective on the causes of ill-health,…
Accountability in foreign aid The international legal regime established through the various human rights treaties is the existing global accountability…
The role of claim holders and duty bearers* 1. With an emphasis on development results that actually ought to be…