522. HUMAN RIGHTS ARE ADVANCED BY REACHING CONSENSUS THROUGH DIALOGUE, ENQUIRY, OR SOMETIMES CONFRONTATION.
1. As I have said repeatedly, human rights (HR) represent ethical positions. A right, however, does not mean the same…
521. THE SDGs DO NOT REALLY HEED HUMAN RIGHTS; THEY DEHUMANIZE PROCESSES AND GO FOR RESULTS.
-It is here fitting to paraphrase the adage of seeing the trees and not the forest. As the world tries…
520. A CRITICAL MASS OF UNDERSTANDING AND EXPERIENCE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED AND NOW NEEDS TO BE MARSHALED.
– “Where, after all, do universal human rights (HR) begin? In small places, close to home –so close and so…
519. THE WORLD MAP OF WEALTH IS SHRINKING WHILE THE ONE OF POVERTY IS EXPANDING: HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE A BYSTANDER? (Herbert de Souza)
-Yes, poverty has a spider web of causes; we need to get at the spider that builds the web. (Nancy…
518. WE NEED A CRITICAL (MORE ROBUST?) ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE FULFILLMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
-Reality has three levels: objective, subjective and inter-subjective. The first is bulletproof, the second disappears when the person that believes…
517. AFTER 25+ YEARS, IS THE RIGHT TO HEALTH (RTH) REALLY A MOVEMENT?
1. What I have to say here pertains to a series of serious questions building up on me as an…
516 IN HUMAN RIGHTS, THERE IS NO SUCH A THING AS ‘MODERATELY EQUITABLE’.
-Inequity exists, equity one has to fight for. (Hernan Sandoval) Equality means equal access and outcomes for equal need -It…
515 WE ARE RULED BY AN OPPRESSIVE MARKET, NOT NECESSARILY AN OPPRESSIVE STATE. (David Korten)
-Markets are interested in inequality; it makes people yearn to become consumers. 1. Historically, with time, the exploitative process of…
514 WE LIVE IN A POP, MODERN, COOL CAPITALISM THAT, NOT ONLY IS IMPOSED ON US BY FORCE, BUT IS DESIRED BY US ITS SLAVES.
(Lucas Grisafulli) About business, high finance and other pursuits of (pretended) happiness. (Susan George) Let us start with Karl Marx…
513 HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ARE STILL TO BE FOUGHT-FOR.
On foreign aid, corruption, democracy and development: implications for the human right to health. 1. For the Global South to…