Development, Human Rights and Democracy have one thing in common –they all represent un-achievable human aspirations. There will never be a society in which all human rights are realized for…
Accession The act by which one nation becomes party to an agreement already in force between other powers. Adoption Formal acceptance and putting into effect. African Commission on Human and…
Meeting one’s human rights obligations is not necessarily about spending money, but the reality is that very often it does take money to fulfill these obligations. Therefore, a ‘human rights…
‘Budget Analysis’ is a tool that can be used with surgical effectiveness to protect and promote the enjoyment of human rights in general and economic, social and cultural rights in…
In development policy, human rights are frequently understood above all as values; their legal nature is often neglected. Human rights contain both: values, but also binding obligations. Introducing the rights-based-approach-to-development…
Did you know that half the people you know are below average? And that 42.7% of the statistics are made-up on the spot? The above not withstanding, a tiny sample…
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. (Voltaire) An activist cannot only be an intelligent-open-minded-teacher; s/he also has to be an advocate-and-active-change-agent-and-leader.* *: Do not deceive…
1.Malnutrition packs the mortality equivalent of a 9/11 every 3 ½ hours, except that most of the victims are small children, all the deaths stretch out in tortuous misery for…
Many have the misfortune of being born in a poor country, but not a poor world! Traditional development cooperation has failed to curb poverty and human rights (HR) abuses despite…
1. Can the NGO Establishment overcome the North-South-divide or is it just reproducing it at civil society level? NGOs have been accused of being paternalistic and not-sufficiently-radical-in-fostering-human-rights (HR). The heavy…