For decades the ‘Development School’ and the ‘Human Rights (HR) School’ had progressed in a parallel manner with very limited…
At the risk of sounding panfletary, I think the (mostly normative) elements that could begin making our work yield more…
Sustainable development is about processes of popular enrichment, empowerment and participation that our technocratic, project-oriented view has simply failed to…
Discrimination against women (and minorities) is still common in countries that have undergone significant economic growth where one would have…
To make sense of current world problems, we too often fall back on a “shish-kebab mentality”. This much easier and…
A word of caution is called for at this point on the issue of what I call “pseudo-basic intervention techniques…
As I had said earlier, factors such as foreign debt, international and national income maldistribution, the exploitation of the primary…
Given the present conditions, the outlook for quantum changes in the human rights (HR) situation in the world appears to…
Moralists, too often insist on quixotic actions against the injustices of the prevalent social system –which they also clearly condemn.…
An emotional commitment to human rights (HR) work is loose and romantic; a political commitment is more militant. People or…