327 THE ABC TRILOGY: AT ALL TIMES, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MUST BE ANGRY, BRAVE AND CREATIVE.
Activists beware: Constraints surround us; while this may sound alarming, they need not impede. So, remember: Fatigue is not uncommonwith…
326 HUMAN RIGHTS ARE BOTH PART-OF AND INSTRUMENTAL-TO THE OVERALL PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT. THE REALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS AN END-GOAL OF DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
-Development solutions of yesterday have literally become our problems of today. (S. Adjei) -It is often wrongly assumed that improvements…
325 HUMAN RIGHTS READERS: I WRITE TO ENCOURAGE, TO PERSUADE, TO STIR AND TO AROUSE YOU.
First, the confession There is this passion that drives the demolishing craft of the essay writer. (Leonardo Padura) 1. I…
324 THE GEOGRAPHY OF POWER IS CHANGING IN THE WORLD. IN HUMAN RIGHTS TERMS, OUR WORLD IS NOT ENTERING A NEW ERA OF RICH AND POOR, BUT MORE AND MORE AN ERA OF THE INCLUDED AND THE EXCLUDED. (Susan George)
-There is a class war, it is true. But it is my class, the class of the rich, that is…
323 YES, WE EVENTUALLY ALL HAVE BEGGING RIGHTS, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. (part 3 of 3)
Human Rights and Human Security -The respect of the rights of others is what peace is all about. -At a…
322 YES, WE EVENTUALLY ALL HAVE BEGGING RIGHTS, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. (part 2 of 3)
Only social movements can push politicians to turn their promises first into ad-hoc policies and laws and then into actually…
321 YES, WE EVENTUALLY ALL HAVE BEGGING RIGHTS, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. (part 1 of 3)
-What ever happened to the maxim “to each according to her needs?” -He who has, fears losing privileges; he who…
320 THE SUPERFICIALITY AND FRIVOLOUSNESS OF THE PUBLIC OPINION WORKS AGAINST THE NEEDS OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT. (Barbara Tuchman)
1. Let us not be fooled: Journalism helps shape public opinion; it thus is part of politics. (Z. Acevedo Diaz)…
319 IS IT CORRECT TO SAY THAT THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS IS TO BE CONCEIVED PER-SE AS A POLITICAL RIGHT OF ALL CITIZENS? #
1. Let me start with a truism: The word ‘politics’ has been manipulated much so that it means everything and…
318 WHEN PEOPLE SUFFER FROM HUNGER, THEY ARE NOT ONLY SUBJECTED TO A FOOD DEFICIT –THEY SUFFER FROM A JUSTICE DEFICIT. JUSTIFIABLY SO, HUNGER CREATES ANGER. (Oscar Lanza)
The concept of food security captures the notion of hunger, not as a deficit of calories and nutrients, but as…