104. HOW AGGRESSIVELY SHOULD GOVERNMENTS BE PUT UNDER PRESSURE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS?
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. (Voltaire) An activist cannot only be an intelligent-open-minded-teacher; s/he…
103. PEOPLE WHO FILE CLAIMS TO SECURE THEIR RIGHT TO HEALTH AND ADEQUATE NUTRITION CANNOT WAIT FOR A WHOLE GENERATION.
1.Malnutrition packs the mortality equivalent of a 9/11 every 3 ½ hours, except that most of the victims are small…
102. MORE ON POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Many have the misfortune of being born in a poor country, but not a poor world! Traditional development cooperation has…
101. NGOs: A NETWORK OF PROTAGONISTS (AND DENOUNCERS OF THE SLOW PROGRESS BEING MADE) IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK?
1. Can the NGO Establishment overcome the North-South-divide or is it just reproducing it at civil society level? NGOs have…
100. A PRIMER FOR A NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO OPERATIONALISE THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE (WITHIN THE BROADER FRAMEWORK OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH). (Part 3 of 3)
Specific actions under the Action Plan A. Government and Ministry of Health actions (contd): A12. Preparation of a National-Accident-Policy with…
99. A PRIMER FOR A NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO OPERATIONALISE THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE (WITHIN THE BROADER FRAMEWORK OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH). (Part 2 of 3)
Specific actions under the Action Plan A. Government and Ministry of Health actions (as prime duty-bearers): A1. Enactment of a…
98. A PRIMER FOR A NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO OPERATIONALIZE THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE (WITHIN THE BROADER FRAMEWORK OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH). (Part 1 of 3)
Objectives for a national action plan (mostly for duty-bearers at different levels, but also for claim-holders) Explicit recognition of the…
97. SUCCEED, WE ULTIMATELY MUST! IF NOT, HUMAN RIGHTS WILL BE RELEGATED TO SIMPLY BEING AN INDICATOR OF VIOLATIONS RATHER THAN AN ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM.
Globalization confuses the Rights-of-Liberty of persons (i.e., non-interference by the state in issues of the persons) with the Rights-of-Corporations who…
96. ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE AND ‘WHAT ONE-IS AND IS-NOT’
One-is-what-one-is as long as the disguise lasts. Dropping the mask of the disguise is an act of reivindication of our…
95. TWO NON-ACTORS IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
The World Bank has a Human Rights problem: it does not respect them enough; a pity, because it should harness…