Good moral rules help us act in the most rational way possible 1. Human rights (HR) tell us we should take into account others and not only our own interests…
To be effective in reducing poverty, foreign aid must first and foremost be disbursed in good faith for that purpose –without political naiveté or double talk Unfortunately, aid is still…
Understanding history for what it is 1. As individuals, we do not really create the historical times in which we live-in. But what we have to do is to understand…
1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 assumes humankind agrees with the institutions of a bourgeois society. According to the Declaration we are entitled to protection under the…
Background 1. On December 10, 1948, 48 countries signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The rest is history –history not to be taken lightly since human rights (HR) are…
1. While health and human rights advocates have, from the start, taken a global perspective on the causes of ill-health, social medicine and particularly social epidemiology have been slower to…
Accountability in foreign aid The international legal regime established through the various human rights treaties is the existing global accountability framework which we should be drawing upon much, much more.…
The role of claim holders and duty bearers* 1. With an emphasis on development results that actually ought to be seen as fulfilled human rights, duty-bearers become accountable in a…
-Donors have done pretty much as they wished for quite some time now, and this has not been beneficial for the developing countries. (J. Cedergren) -Some say that human rights…
-Liberalism defends the interests of the intellectual elite; conservatism defends the interests of the financial and industrial elite. The question is: Who defends the interests of human rights? (…and are…