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…
Specific actions under the Action Plan A. Government and Ministry of Health actions (contd): A12. Preparation of a National-Accident-Policy with the establishment of appropriate accident and trauma services in all…
Specific actions under the Action Plan A. Government and Ministry of Health actions (as prime duty-bearers): A1. Enactment of a National-Public-Health-Services-Act that recognizes and delineates the Health Rights of citizens…
Objectives for a national action plan (mostly for duty-bearers at different levels, but also for claim-holders) Explicit recognition of the Right-to-Health-Care to be enjoyed by all citizens. (Recognized by all…
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 insistently claim for non-interference by government. Human Rights (HR) work…
One-is-what-one-is as long as the disguise lasts. Dropping the mask of the disguise is an act of reivindication of our liberty, or an avenue for its exercise and, at the…
The World Bank has a Human Rights problem: it does not respect them enough; a pity, because it should harness the inspirational power human rights (HR) bring with them and…
At this stage of our shift to a human rights-based approach (RBA) to development, the questions we now hear have changed from ‘What is this RBA?’ and ‘Why do we…
The human rights-based approach (RBA) represents a historical evolution from clientelism to citizenship. It is still often contested by many development agencies; at best, their statements on the RBA tend…
How to strengthen the HR-approach in our work in health 13.The more specific challenge we face is to incorporate the HR-based approach into the Health For All Now agenda. The…