Given the present conditions, the outlook for quantum changes in the human rights (HR) situation in the world appears to…
Moralists, too often insist on quixotic actions against the injustices of the prevalent social system –which they also clearly condemn.…
An emotional commitment to human rights (HR) work is loose and romantic; a political commitment is more militant. People or…
The objective consequences of many a development project may turn out to be different from their original subjective intent. We…
Much of what has been called liberal activism in the last half century has been merely an accommodation to historical…
It should not come as a surprise that social and economic injustice is not an accident. It springs from the…
‘In-the-way-things-are’, society makes disprivilege look right. Human rights (HR) violations are simply ‘explained-away’. Although development scholars sometimes engage in an…
When looking at totalities, what will count as facts will depend on the concepts we use, on the questions we…
Two questions arise in relation to the objectivity of our work: a). Would the outlook for eliminating human rights (HR)…
It is the prevailing determinants of the social and economic conditions of a society that lead to the violation of…