196 THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE PROCESS REVISITED. (Part 2 of 2)
9. A human right to health (RTH) strategy is to be seen as both a technical and a political task in the realm of our struggle for health-as-a-right-for-everyone-NOW. The question…
195 THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE PROCESS REVISITED. (Part 1 of 2)
Health is neither an expenditure nor an investment: Primarily and foremost it is a right. 1. For starters, let us look at what the human right to health care process…
194 KEEP IN MIND: IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK WE ARE IN A STRUGGLE NOT ONLY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT ALSO AGAINST IMPUNITY.
It is pertinent that, at this juncture, this Reader revisits some human rights principles 1. To begin with, at the core, is the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction which says that…
193 IN THIS, ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY, THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS STILL A KIND OF CONSCIENCE OF THE WORLD –OR EVEN MORE– TODAY IT CAN BE CONSIDERED CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Many of you may feel a sickening sense of impotence about the widespread situation of injustice the world over; yet if these feelings of disgust could be united into common…
192 HUMAN RIGHTS: WHILE SMALL SUCCESS STORIES ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, NEEDED GLOBAL REFORMS ARE BEING HAMPERED.
1. Although the World Bank (and related international financial institutions) pay lip service to progressive human rights (HR) policy, in practice, they continue to promote centralized, unsustainable projects. All summed…
191 CORPORATIONS NEED CLEAR, BINDING HUMAN RIGHTS RULES.
1. On human rights (HR), governments and civil society must consistently hold corporations to account. When it comes to HR, neither flashy-management-slogans nor corporate nitpicking over HR terms and principles…
190 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS OR CHARITABLE INTENTIONS; IT REVOLVES AROUND BUSINESS INTERESTS.
“There is one and only one social responsibility of business –to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the…
189 IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK, WHEN YOU DEAL WITH SYMPTOMS YOU GENERATE SYMPATHY, WHEN YOU DEAL WITH CAUSES YOU CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE.
1. When implementing human rights learning strategies worldwide, the process followed in each location may be different, but the end point must be roughly the same. 2. In such a…
188 WE HEAR ENDLESS APPEALS-TO AND LAMENTS-ABOUT THE LACK OF POLITICAL WILL TO ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. AN ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT BY CIVIL SOCIETY MEANS WE NO LONGER HAVE A NEED TO RESORT TO THE CONCEPT OF POLITICAL WILL!
An inability to exercise power means that poor and vulnerable people cannot change the condition of their vulnerability and must remain dependent on others to do so. 1. Health planners…
187 THE PURPOSE OF FREEDOM FROM WANT IS TO CREATE IT FOR OTHERS.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. (M. Gandhi) 1. In a ‘sick’ country, every step towards…