314 FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, RETURNING TO PRE-CRISIS STATUS-QUO WILL NOT SUFFICE.
To a chronic problem we cannot apply crises methods. 1. The climate, the economic and financial, the food and the fuel prices crises we have been faced with underscore yet…
313 IT IS HUMAN RIGHTS THAT ARE THE CONVENIENTLY FORGOTTEN INTRINSIC PART OF GOOD GOVERNANCE!
Has the concept of good governance been overused and has it become a rather insincere cliché? It is certainly old. The World Bank Development Report of 1997 was on good…
312 RESOLUTELY STANDING FOR THE RIGHT TO HEALTH MEANS CONFRONTING THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION AND THE ECONOMICS OF INEQUALITY. #
While not universally embraced, the notion that health care systems are public goods protecting an inalienable right of all human beings is increasingly invoked in debates about health care financing,…
311 IS YOUR GOVERNMENT DOING WHAT IT SHOULD ON HUMAN RIGHTS? ARE YOU FOLLOWING UP IF IT DOES? (part 2 of 2)
OPERA: A step by step framework for assessing compliance 30. Given the fact that exclusion and disempowerment often breed bias, claim holders are not recognized as key players in all…
309 IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION, A SOCIETY OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND OF RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE A MIRAGE (OR A FARCE?). (J. Osorio)
1. For the fulfillment of human rights (HR), the obstacles to be overcome are actually way beyond what the core of economic globalization, i.e., the free market, can overcome and…
308 EQUITY AND EQUALITY ARE NOT EQUIVALENT; THEY CANNOT EITHER BE REDUCED TO SIMPLE RISK FACTORS, AS IS OFTEN DONE IN HUMAN RIGHTS TALK. (part 2 of 2)
As progress towards the MDGs is achieved, there yet is little evidence of results that are inclusive of people that are discriminated 18. Despite the lack of data, the evidence…
307 EQUITY AND EQUALITY ARE NOT EQUIVALENT; THEY CANNOT EITHER BE REDUCED TO SIMPLE RISK FACTORS, AS IS OFTEN DONE IN HUMAN RIGHTS TALK. (part 1 of 2)
EQUITY: 1. Equity is a core legal concept intimately linked to the notion of justice. It goes beyond the letter of the law and is considered part of natural law/natural…
306 HOW MUCH UNDERDEVELOPMENT CAN GLOBAL SECURITY TOLERATE AND HOW MUCH POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CAN ALLEGEDLY DEMOCRATIC STATES PUT UP WITH? (part 2 of 2)
“If voting changed anything, they would make it illegal”. (Emma Goldman as cited by M. Engler) The power of organization (communities) 20. Community organizing for democracy means building up organizations…
305 HOW MUCH UNDERDEVELOPMENT CAN GLOBAL SECURITY TOLERATE AND HOW MUCH POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CAN ALLEGEDLY DEMOCRATIC STATES PUT UP WITH? (part 1 of 2)
-In the name of democracy, too many promises remain unfulfilled for the poor majority; lingering poverty and a lack of transparent democratic processes flagrantly contradict the state’s rhetoric. There is…
304 RELIGIONS HAVE BEEN USED TO SUPPORT CONCERTED SOCIAL ACTIVISM AND HUMANISM. DOES THIS LINK THEM WITH HUMAN RIGHTS?
-The same way you find water when you dig, sooner or later, man finds the incomprehensible everywhere. (A. Lichtenberg) -Because they are closed thought systems, the supposed advantage of all…