1. Aggressions directed towards the human rights (HR) of marginalized individuals or groupsutterly disarm them; they devastate the most essential tenets of their dignity.* To effectively counter these aggressions, we…
Activists beware: Constraints surround us; while this may sound alarming, they need not impede. So, remember: Fatigue is not uncommonwith self-sacrifice; it can be debilitating. (Jerome Koenig) . Aphorisms by…
-Development solutions of yesterday have literally become our problems of today. (S. Adjei) -It is often wrongly assumed that improvements in societies’ conditions require constant velocity in straight lines forward,…
First, the confession There is this passion that drives the demolishing craft of the essay writer. (Leonardo Padura) 1. I am a hunter-gatherer-composer writer. Human Rights Readers (HRRs) thus relay…
-There is a class war, it is true. But it is my class, the class of the rich, that is fighting it –and we are winning. (Warren Buffett) -We are…
Human Rights and Human Security -The respect of the rights of others is what peace is all about. -At a minimum, human security means freedom from violence and from the…
Only social movements can push politicians to turn their promises first into ad-hoc policies and laws and then into actually enforced social programs In tranquil times, human rights principles may…
-What ever happened to the maxim “to each according to her needs?” -He who has, fears losing privileges; he who does not have, aspires to have opportunities; that is the…
1. Let us not be fooled: Journalism helps shape public opinion; it thus is part of politics. (Z. Acevedo Diaz) Keep in mind that one of the basic tools to…
1. Let me start with a truism: The word ‘politics’ has been manipulated much so that it means everything and means nothing depending on the eye of the beholder. (Eduardo…