506 COULD IT BE THAT THE VERY IDEA OF HUMAN RIGHTS WAS BORN TO CONFRONT AUTOCRATIC POWER? (part 1 of 2)
(Claudio Sepulveda) Politics is not the art of the possible, but the result of the correlation of forces (Louis Casado)…
505 HOW MANY LIVES IS INEQUALITY IN HEALTH RESPONSIBLE FOR?
[Excerpted and paraphrased from: Intl. J. for Equity in Health, 1:1, 22 April 2002. (www.equityhealthj.com/content/1/1/1 ) Macinko J.A. and Starfield…
504 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NOT GIVEN, AND ARE MORE THAN WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
1. Democracy is a constant struggle for compromise –forever a construction site. An end is never in sight as people…
503 THE CONTAGIOUS SOCIAL PASSIVITY OF MANY CLAIM HOLDERS IS OUR ACHILLES HEEL.* (Arturo A. Muñoz)
*: Does this include us all reading this? Human rights remain far from being universalized -A good friend tells me…
502 MULTISTAKEHOLDERISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A CRITICAL LOOK. (Part 2 of 2)
Corporate Agendas 21. Behind every multistakeholder initiative (MSI), there is a decision by a corporation to engage since, at best,…
501 MULTISTAKEHOLDERISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A CRITICAL LOOK. (Part 1 of 2)
(adapted and summarized from Nick Buxton, editor, TNI) -As public-private partnerships (PPPs) mushroom, core human rights mechanisms established since the…
500 MY READERS ARE NOT INNOCENT; THEY ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THE TRUE EXERCISE OF FREE SPEECH.
[Every 50 Readers I write one that pertains to the process and thoughts that lead to each Reader; it also…