440. HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM IS A WAY OF BEING, NOT A DISCIPLINE.
-The struggle against inequality, against human rights violations and against poverty calls for activists willing to struggle for life. -Without…
439. THE UNITED NATIONS APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS IS IN NEED OF A PARADIGM SHIFT.
1. Specialized UN agencies are supposed to take international action for the achievement of the human rights (HR) recognized in…
438. THERE ARE INDEED WAYS IN WHICH THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CAN AID PRIORITY SETTING. (Benedict Rumbold)
Fair priority setting is essential to the realization of the right to health. 1. Achieving justice in health-care priority setting…
437. THE STORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS FOREMOST A HISTORY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND THEIR STRUGGLES. (ESCR-net)
Where we came from Having concentrated too long on the basic human needs approach was a time consuming diversion from…
436. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ARE NOT A MYTH! …BUT MYTHS KEEP US FROM ENDING THEM. (Food First)
-To better learn from purported development miracles, it is necessary to demystify them. (Jomo Sundaram) -Myths about human rights are…
435. TWO EVILS HAUNT US: THE ABUSE BY THE POWERFUL AND THE IGNORANCE OF THE MASSES OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS.
-As relates to the abuse of power, take the issue of transnational corporations (e.g., ‘Big Food’): As evident from their…
434. MIND YOU, IF NATURE WERE A BANK, THE RICH WOULD HAVE ALREADY SAVED IT. (Eduardo Galeano 1940-2015)
-The most successful transnational corporations in the world are those that are maiming the planet and many of its people…
433. HUMAN RIGHTS WORK IS NOT JUST ABOUT FIGHTING AGAINST INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS AND EXISTING INSTITUTIONALIZED INEQUALITIES. IT UNAVOIDABLY REQUIRES STRUGGLING OVER POWER ISSUES AND DEFYING WHOLE SYSTEMS OF THOUGHT. (Open Human Rights)
A tough period is ahead of us, charged with many challenges. We have to think hard, reflect; we have to…
432. PEOPLE TOO OFTEN LOWER THEIR GAZE AND SUBMIT TO THE OVERWHELMING POWER OF THOSE WHO GOVERN US.
In reality, if people get closer and look those who govern us in the eye they will often be astonished…
431. CONVENTIONAL HISTORY HIDES A WHOLE LEGACY OF HISTORICAL INEQUALITIES, STRUCTURAL DISADVANTAGES, GENDER DIFFERENCES AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, AS WELL AS BIASES IN HOW LAWS AND POLICIES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT.
1. Conventional historians are inclined to use histori¬cal information of previous historians to supplement what they find during their research…