343 MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS RADICAL AGAIN: THE ROLE OF SCIENCE, PASSION AND COMMITMENT (A.Atkisson, J.J. Johnson) (Part 3 of 3)
To make human rights radical once again, today we need to refocus it on the long-term vision of the post…
342 MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS RADICAL AGAIN: THE ROLE OF SCIENCE, PASSION AND COMMITMENT (A.Atkisson, J.J. Johnson) (Part 2 of 3)
The systems and behaviors that have brought us to this point in history –reaching planetary boundaries and societal breaking points–…
341 MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS RADICAL AGAIN: THE ROLE OF SCIENCE, PASSION AND COMMITMENT (A.Atkisson, J.J. Johnson) (Part 1 of 3)
-In the post 2015 development agenda preparation, the temptation, to opt for business as usual with a few cosmetic touches…
340 GENUINE PARTICIPATION MUST COME BEFORE ACCOUNTABILITY
1. In truly democratic societies, active participation is the means for people to voice their criticism, to open the gates…
339 IN TIMES OF EXTREME HUMAN RIGHTS NEGLECT AND OF EXTREME ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLUNDER, EXTREME MEASURES ARE NEEDED
A specter is haunting (not only) Europe: The specter of human rights. The MDGs never were a global agenda for…
338 ON DEVELOPMENT, THE LAW, EMPTY PROMISES AND RESISTANCE IN TIMES OF AGITATION.
A cautionary tale 1. Before the law, there is a sentinel. A peasant approaches this guard and requests the permission…
337 THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDERS TO THE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS –NO MATTER HOW STRONGLY THEY AFFIRM THE OPPOSITE
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. (Albert Einstein) This Reader is about human rights learning…
336 HUMAN RIGHTS TODAY REPRESENT THE MOST IMPORTANT SYSTEM OF UNIVERSAL VALUES THAT SHOULD BE USED AS A COMMON NORMATIVE BASIS
In political terms, the birth of human rights was a non-trivial achievement. The human rights principles about development have now…
335 INSTEAD OF SEEING THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT LIKE A MONOCULTURE, WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT AS AN ECOSYSTEM. (C. Rodriguez-Garavito)
-Human rights are philosophical; they are holistic; they are a secular religion with its own commandments. (Shula Koenig) But does…
334 FROM NUTRITION-IN-ALL-POLICIES TO NUTRITION-EQUALITY-IN-ALL-POLICIES –THE HUMAN RIGHTS WAY.
If children were reared for profit (like young farm stock), giving them a diet below requirements-for-health would be financially unsound.…