In political terms, the birth of human rights was a non-trivial achievement. The human rights principles about development have now become a firm part of the framework of the modern…
-Human rights are philosophical; they are holistic; they are a secular religion with its own commandments. (Shula Koenig) But does the philosophy behind human rights depend on science? It does…
If children were reared for profit (like young farm stock), giving them a diet below requirements-for-health would be financially unsound. (Boyd Orr) Food sovereignty in perspective 1. Food sovereignty entails…
Over 2.300 years ago, the Greek philosopher Aristotle said that “if we believe that men have any personal rights at all as human beings, they have an absolute right to…
1. In the language of statistics, uncertainty is a latent variable*(N. Bloom) …particularly when it is mainly statistics that lead to policy-induced uncertainty. In policy making, it too often boils…
-In our land of Oz, hypocrisy is without shame. Patriarchy rules. (JeromeKoenig) -Women are not ‘men of the feminine sex’. (Jose Faustino Sarmiento) -Gender relations are a form of organizing…
The others “R” us. Never forget we “R” them. Human Rights “R” ours.(JeromeKoenig) Actually, there is still much to do about nailing certain old and already stale myths in the…
I am afraid history has too often been widely used as a political instrument 1. Ultimately, I see # historians defeated and denigrated to the condition of pariahs left with…
-History too often dictates that atrocities are acceptable; this is a deadly premise. (Jerome Koenig) -L’histoire est un voyage et pas une destination! -For Marx, history repeats itself first as…
1. Aggressions directed towards the human rights (HR) of marginalized individuals or groupsutterly disarm them; they devastate the most essential tenets of their dignity.* To effectively counter these aggressions, we…