450. THE READERS ARE EXPRESSLY WRITTEN TO HIT THE READER BELOW THE BELT. (paraphrasing John Steinbeck).
-Language is also a form of action. (Albino Gomez) 1. The Human Rights Readers are not intended to have success; they intend to lend testimony.
449. THE CURRENT OVERRELIANCE ON PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT AS A KEY INSTRUMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS IS MISPLACED AND RIGHTFULLY GENERATES DISTRUST. (Carlos Lopez) [Part 2 of 2]
There is a need for a legally binding human rights law instrument (or ‘treaty’) to regulate the activities of TNCs. A Catch 22?: The failure of TNCs to pay taxes…
448. THE CURRENT OVERRELIANCE ON PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT AS A KEY INSTRUMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS IS MISPLACED AND RIGHTFULLY GENERATES DISTRUST. (Carlos Lopez) [Part 1 of 2]
“I am deeply wary of CEOs who claim to be guided by a moral compass, because they ultimately only navigate waters their shareholders chart”. (Selvanathan 2015). Very few PPPs have…
447. OF YET MORE ON POWER, POLITICS, POLITICIANS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. (Part 2 of 2)
Politics and politicians without ideas stimulate corruption* (Revista Primera Piedra, Chile) Not being facetious, are the political ideas of certain corrupt politicians soluble in alcohol? (Louis Casado) 11. I tend…
446. OF YET MORE ON POWER, POLITICS, POLITICIANS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. (Part 1 of 2)
The more unequal the power imbalance the greater the oppression and the greater the abuses of human rights Power dresses up with certain attributes (wealth, force, manipulative financial know-how). A…
445. IN OUR NEOLIBERAL WORLD, FITTING-IN IS TO BE WELL ADJUSTED TO INJUSTICE. (Cornel West)
Neoliberalism should not be separated from a more general understanding of capitalism -The notion that free markets are the most efficient and desirable basis of human organization and the claim…
444. HUMAN RIGHTS: COMPLIANCE OR DEFIANCE?
-Just as even the most determined athlete cannot overcome the limits of the human body, we cannot escape the limits of our moral responsibilities. (Adam Waytz) -One humanity? Yes, but…
443. APPLYING THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK IS NOT ‘A’ DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE; IT IS ‘THE’ ROAD TO AN ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. (PHM Latin America)
A bit of history: Human rights from then to now 1. Powerful barons in the year 1215 (the Year of the Magna Carta), the advancing bourgeoisie of the eighteenth century,…
442. THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRATIC CONTROL AND THE PROTECTION OF COLLECTIVE HUMAN RIGHTS INTERESTS CALLS FOR FAIRER HISTORICAL TOOLS OF ANALYSIS, TOOLS THAT RESPECT, PROTECT AND FULFIL THESE INTERESTS.
-The world we know today is merely a story someone has told us, but it is not the true story we need to make sense of millennia-long oppressions. (Paulo Coelho,…
441. GLOBAL HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CHALLENGES OF NEOLIBERAL POLICIES.
Mea culpa on behalf of me and my colleagues? 1. In all truth, the human rights (HR) community has not yet developed a truly effective strategy to dealing with globalization.…