419. FOR THOSE OF US WHO ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IT IS NOT ABOUT JUST TO CONVINCE OTHERS, BUT TO RECOMMIT OURSELVES. (Ken Harvey)
-Human rights activists cry out, not just to rescue others from their oppression, but to preserve what is left of…
418 IN A WORLD DOMINATED BY MARKETS, WHERE RESOURCES FLOW TOWARD POWER INSTEAD OF NEED, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE REALLY CARED MORE ABOUT HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION FROM A RIGHT TO NUTRITION PERSPECTIVE? (Brooke Aksnes)
Human Rights: Food for a narrowly focused thought Human Rights Reader 418 The current malnutrition problem around the world is…
417 POVERTY REDUCTION AS A GOAL SOUNDS LOVELY, BUT THIS FAIRY TALE VISION OF DEVELOPMENT AND OF HUMAN RIGHTS BETRAYS A SERIOUS MISUNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY. (J. Hickel)
Human rights: Food for a misunderstood thought Human Rights Reader 417 -An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest…
416 HEALTH-RIGHTS AND JUSTICE-IN-GLOBAL-HEALTH HAVE A UNITY OF PURPOSE: TO GUARANTEE HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES FOR MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.
Human rights: Food for an often-ignored thought Human Rights Reader 416 Most governments ignore their human rights obligations in health…
415 INEQUALITY HAS BEEN A CHOICE. GLOBALIZATION THRIVES ON EXISTING INEQUALITIES. (Joseph Stiglitz)
Human rights: Food for a not-by-chance thought Human Rights Reader 415 -Bernie Sanders put it best: “We not only have…
414 THE GREATEST PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED IN POLITICS IS THAT THEY ARE GOVERNED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE. (Arnold Toynbee)
Human rights: Food for a punishing thought Human Rights Reader 414 Politics without value-grounded ideas stimulates corruption (Revista Primera Piedra)…
413 HEALTH CARE FOR THOSE RENDERED POOR OFTEN ENDS UP BEING POOR HEALTH CARE, SO THAT THE MORE WE TARGET BENEFITS AT THEM ONLY … THE LESS LIKELY WE ARE TO REDUCE POVERTY AND INEQUALITY. (Amrtya Sen)
Human rights: Food for a thought to be fought-for Human Rights Reader 413 We can safely say that, in the…
412. YOUNG PEOPLE MUST OCCUPY THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN HUMAN RIGHTS DECISION-MAKING. THEY HAVE TO PROGRESSIVELY TAKE THE HELM OF THE SHIP.
Human rights: Food for a youth-reminding thought Human Rights Reader 412 The future will ultimately either go in the direction…
411 WE ARE NOT MAKING THIS UP: THE VAST MAJORITY OF STATES HAVE ALREADY OBLIGATED THEMSELVES TO RESPECT, PROTECT AND FULFILL ALL HUMAN RIGHTS. (ESCR-Net)
The human rights framework, a major instrument for accountability, is under attack 1. The UN is explicitly an intergovernmental body;…
410 JUST AS CAPITALISM IS GLOBALIZED, WE MUST GLOBALIZE THE STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHTS OF THOSE RENDERED POOR. (Roshan Bhati)
Keep in mind: The power of the people is stronger than the people in power. (Babu Owino) Human rights embody…