Claudio Schuftan, Ho Chi Minh City cschuftan@phmovement.org Abstract A short and well-justified critique of the concepts of resilience and sustainability as commonly used is presented. The discourse of ‘increasing resilience’…
Human Rights: Food for a narrowly focused thought Human Rights Reader 418 The current malnutrition problem around the world is not its double burden, but its multiple burdens. By narrowly…
Human rights: Food for a misunderstood thought Human Rights Reader 417 -An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. (Plutarch, ancient Greek…
Human rights: Food for an often-ignored thought Human Rights Reader 416 Most governments ignore their human rights obligations in health Currently, governments perceive no impending threat whenever they ignore their…
Human rights: Food for a not-by-chance thought Human Rights Reader 415 -Bernie Sanders put it best: “We not only have massive wealth and income inequality, but a power structure that…
Human rights: Food for a punishing thought Human Rights Reader 414 Politics without value-grounded ideas stimulates corruption (Revista Primera Piedra) 1. In its true sense, politics is to be taken…
Human rights: Food for a thought to be fought-for Human Rights Reader 413 We can safely say that, in the case of health, inequality is a passive outcome: ‘it happens’;…
Human rights: Food for a youth-reminding thought Human Rights Reader 412 The future will ultimately either go in the direction of the youth’s commitment, or along their indifference about human…
The human rights framework, a major instrument for accountability, is under attack 1. The UN is explicitly an intergovernmental body; if UN member states do not like human rights (HR)…