575. THE MYTHS ABOUT WHAT THE PROMISED FREE-MARKETS-UNIVERSAL-CIVILIZATION WILL BRING ARE A HUMAN RIGHTS BOONDOGGLE. (Nicoletta Dentico)
. -For more than three decades, or at least since the end of the Cold War, the grand
574. CUSTOMARY, TRADITIONAL AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WOMEN and undermine the full implementation of international and national legal human rights codes. (SIGI)
. We need to see feminism, not only as addressing issues of gender, but rather as a methodological approach of understanding (and acting upon) the diverse ongoing
573. THE TOUGHEST TRANSITION HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HAVE TO BRING ABOUT IS: BRING THE EVERYDAY APATHY OF PEOPLE TO EVERYDAY ACTIVISM. (United Edge)
. -As D‘Artagnan of the Three Musketeers said: When the sword is short, to hit, one has to move one
572. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT AND CRITICIZE WHAT CONTRADICTS OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSCIENCE.
. 1. People are born into specific families or classes, and this largely
571. TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS THE HOLDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS TO BE PROPERLY PROUD OF HAVING THE SELF-RESPECT THAT IS NECESSARY TO BE WORTHY. (Joel Feinberg).
. -Having the right to place enforceable claims
570. IN HUMAN RIGHTS, THE ISSUE OF POWER IS, FOR SURE, THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE. WHAT SOCIAL CLASS EXERTS THAT POWER? THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE QUESTION. (Lenin)
-Apres moi le deluge! is the famous Louis XV quote every capitalist and every capitalist nation seems to be following. Hence the capitalist class is reckless of the health or…
569. THE DOMINANT POLICY APPROACH TO THE RIGHT TO FOOD HAS BEEN IMPROPERLY UNDERPINNED BY A FOOD SECURITY PARADIGM.
. 1. Under the food security paradigm, the question of power in the food
568. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MYTH THAT THE ‘LIBERAL WORLD ORDER’ ABIDES BY ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS PRINCIPLES. (Michael Goodhart)
. Fukuyama’s credo -A historic characteristic of the liberal world order is that it abides much more by its association with the right to own
566. SO CLOSE TO MARKETS…SO FAR FROM HUMAN RIGHTS. (Riccardo Petrella)
. -Was Montesquieu, the father of classical liberalism (1689-1755), right when he proclaimed: “There,