411 WE ARE NOT MAKING THIS UP: THE VAST MAJORITY OF STATES HAVE ALREADY OBLIGATED THEMSELVES TO RESPECT, PROTECT AND FULFILL ALL HUMAN RIGHTS. (ESCR-Net)
The human rights framework, a major instrument for accountability, is under attack 1. The UN is explicitly an intergovernmental body; if UN member states do not like human rights (HR)…
410 JUST AS CAPITALISM IS GLOBALIZED, WE MUST GLOBALIZE THE STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHTS OF THOSE RENDERED POOR. (Roshan Bhati)
Keep in mind: The power of the people is stronger than the people in power. (Babu Owino) Human rights embody a social learning process originating from social struggles for legal…
409 THE NEXT FIFTEEN YEARS DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK: IS THE BALANCE ALREADY IRREVERSIBLY SKEWED IN FAVOR OF PRIVATE INTERESTS AND AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS?
-We are, more and more, seeing a process of outsourcing the international development agenda. – The narrative of ‘progress’ is no longer sustainable. (Steven Smith) Innovation is not a prerogative…
408 IN 1793, THE MILITANT REVOLUTIONARY OLYMPIA DE GOUGES PROPOSED A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN INCLUDING THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS. THE GUILLOTINE CHOPPED HER HEAD. (Eduardo Galeano)
In many parts of the world, cows are given more rights than women. (Huffington Post) We cannot let anybody forget the-female-face-of-poverty 1. Women are subjected to multiple and intersecting discrimination…