The human rights-based approach (HRBA) signals a ‘new deal’ in the annals of development work. It shifts the focus from…
Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. This notion ignores the all important economic, social and cultural rights.…
HIV/AIDS is an example of a challenge that, in the last at least ten years, changed the political landscape in…
January blog Claudio Schuftan Ho Chi Minh City. After a long seven months in the US, I am back home.…
Other attributes of the human rights-based approach (RBA): A mini-SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis: Some of the RBA’s…
The bullets here below recap what it means to apply a holistic rights-based lens in development practice, be it in…
The human rights (HR) problems we are trying to solve deserve constructive and informed solutions –not least for the sake…
An unlikely alliance of rock stars, politicians, and grassroots activists has put the issue of combating poverty at the forefront…
With their unchallenged dominance of fundamentalist market ideology, transnational corporations have time and again violated human rights (HR), disregarded core…
[A quick reminder: The elements of the human rights-based approach to development (HRBA) are: an assessment and analysis of the…