506 COULD IT BE THAT THE VERY IDEA OF HUMAN RIGHTS WAS BORN TO CONFRONT AUTOCRATIC POWER? (part 1 of 2)
(Claudio Sepulveda) Politics is not the art of the possible, but the result of the correlation of forces (Louis Casado)…
505 HOW MANY LIVES IS INEQUALITY IN HEALTH RESPONSIBLE FOR?
[Excerpted and paraphrased from: Intl. J. for Equity in Health, 1:1, 22 April 2002. (www.equityhealthj.com/content/1/1/1 ) Macinko J.A. and Starfield…
504 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NOT GIVEN, AND ARE MORE THAN WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
1. Democracy is a constant struggle for compromise –forever a construction site. An end is never in sight as people…
503 THE CONTAGIOUS SOCIAL PASSIVITY OF MANY CLAIM HOLDERS IS OUR ACHILLES HEEL.* (Arturo A. Muñoz)
*: Does this include us all reading this? Human rights remain far from being universalized -A good friend tells me…
502 MULTISTAKEHOLDERISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A CRITICAL LOOK. (Part 2 of 2)
Corporate Agendas 21. Behind every multistakeholder initiative (MSI), there is a decision by a corporation to engage since, at best,…
501 MULTISTAKEHOLDERISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A CRITICAL LOOK. (Part 1 of 2)
(adapted and summarized from Nick Buxton, editor, TNI) -As public-private partnerships (PPPs) mushroom, core human rights mechanisms established since the…
500 MY READERS ARE NOT INNOCENT; THEY ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THE TRUE EXERCISE OF FREE SPEECH.
[Every 50 Readers I write one that pertains to the process and thoughts that lead to each Reader; it also…
499. EVERY GENERATION HAS AN EQUAL RIGHT TO ENJOY OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. (George Monbiot)
Human rights: Food for an insufficiently cared-for thought ‘The rights of nature’ Human Rights Reader 499 1. What Monbiot highlights…
498. DISEASE IS AN INALIENABLE FACT OF LIFE, BUT LACK OF ACCESS TO ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE IS NOT.
Human rights: Food for a non-charitable thought ‘Access to health’ Human Rights Reader 498 -Coverage is not the same as…
497. “HE WHO CONTROLS THE PAST CONTROLS THE FUTURE; HE WHO CONTROLS THE PRESENT CONTROLS THE PAST”.
Human rights: Food for an Orwellian thought ‘HR and Big Brother’ Human Rights Reader 497 -The title of this Reader…