The notion of duty and justice (…and not compassion!) give rights their cutting edge. Power is the key relation in health and Human Rights issues: A right confers power, i.e.…
Focusing on sustainable poverty alleviation is inseparable from bringing about greater respect of Human Rights and greater equity. Current development thinking is at a cross-road. We need to influence overall…
Human Rights are plainly not guaranteed by the existing institutional arrangements.. (AmartyaSen) A country becomes State Party to a convention or covenant once it has ratified it. The same is…
What We Have Not Yet Done The implementation of Human Rights requires first and foremost its translation to the domestic level. The current lack of development may not be invoked…
Getting From Here to There Meetings on Human Rights (e.g. the recent 26th Session of the UN’s ACC/SCN, Geneva, 12-15 April, 1999 and many other), and even the UN Secretary…
When A Little is Not Enough “What you push is what you change.“ I would like you to agree with me that taking, what I call, a ‘minimalist stand towards…
“The vast majority of humanity just has the right to see, to hear… and to remain silent.” – Eduardo Galeano A Touch of History The newly emerging Human Rights framework…
Writing Human Rights into Law In all honesty, many governments (if not most) continue to take a soft approach to the implementation of Human Rights. Human Rights actually require a…
The Participation Factor in Human Rights Getting Human Rights implemented means not only engaging development agencies, but also the government. For the latter to happen, the people (those whose Human…
The Human Rights Approach: Some Iron Laws As the new era of Human Rights-based planning in development work gets under way, there are a number of iron laws that begin…