-We will succeed inasmuch as we display the capacity to mobilize collectively behind human rights as a political goal independent-of and often opposed-to the goals that motivate the state and/or…
-Social immobility ends up being the result of weak consensus. (Albino Gomez) …and reports of growing civic discontent are typically not found in newspaper columns. (adapted from Hans Dembowski) -By…
-All humans have rights. But the question is: Do all of them know that…and do they know what their human rights are? (Shula Koenig) -People will have to know their…
The truth is that there are no purely or primarily economic solutions to human rights problems. -Human rights is an unapologetic project for social emancipation in which suffering is related…
-Ultimately, by using the human rights-based framework, we strive to negotiate a new social contract or class compromise from a position of strength and power. (Ted Schrecker) 1. The process…
-There is a clear difference between having a right and having a right realized. Slaves in the US had the right to freedom before President Lincoln and native Africans in…
-Martin Luther King did not say “I have a nightmare”. (L. Stoddard) -Our future may be beyond our vision, but not beyond our control. (Senator Edward M. Kennedy) 1. History…
People in a healthy society are mindful of the human rights of all of its members. 1. In neoliberal orthodoxy, certain inalienable laws govern the give-and-take of market forces and…
Time was when we could; we’ve come to the time we can; we do not want to come to a time when we’re out of options. (Jerome Koenig) 1. As…
The human rights framework provides a normative base for poverty reduction, while democracy organizes political and social life to this end. (Sida) 1. Ratification of UN Covenants and Conventions (has…