258 WHY ARE THE WOMEN IN CONSERVATIVE SOCIETIES SO CAVALIERLY EXPENDABLE? (S. Lewis)
-It is in General Comment 28 that we find the more precise guidance of what equal rights of men and of women really mean. -States that are party to the…
257 WHEN YOU SEE A GOOD MAN, TRY TO IMITATE HIM; WHEN YOU SEE AN INDIFFERENT MAN, EXAMINE YOURSELF. (Confucius)
As opposed to a human rights activist, the indifferent person has been called a ‘passivist’ (Geoffrey Cannon) – The world is not dangerous because of the bad people that are…
256 HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NOT JUST A POLICY CHOICE, BUT AN IMPERATIVE: HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE US TO REALIZE AND ACT UPON THIS?
Human rights work ought to constantly look for political points of entry. 1. Human rights (HR) are global affairs, i.e., matters that straddle national borders, as well as matters that…
255 IMPLICITLY, IN HUMAN RIGHTS PARLANCE, WE CONSTANTLY SPEAK OF SAVING THE PLANET FOR THE NEXT GENERATION WHEN, IN REALITY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SAVING OUR GENERATION AND OURSELVES.
So, let’s stop talking about our future generations, please. We are talking about our own generation. We also have to stop talking and rather start yelling. For now, our leaders…
254 ALTHOUGH ETHICS IS THE PROPER LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE; HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE PROPER LANGUAGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. (Part 3 of 3)
-In public health, we uncritically assume scarcity of resources without asking why scarcity. -WHO comes with technical advice, the World Bank comes with money….countries usually prefer the money. F. The…
253 ALTHOUGH ETHICS IS THE PROPER LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE; HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE PROPER LANGUAGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. (part 2 of 3)
-In public health, we uncritically assume scarcity of resources without asking why scarcity. -WHO comes with technical advice, the World Bank comes with money….countries usually prefer the money. D. The…
252 ALTHOUGH ETHICS IS THE PROPER LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE; HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE PROPER LANGUAGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. (part1 of 3)
-In public health, we uncritically assume scarcity of resources without asking why scarcity. -WHO comes with technical advice, the World Bank comes with money….countries usually prefer the money. A. The…
251 HUMAN RIGHTS LEND LEGAL AND MORAL LEGITIMACY AND A SENSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
-By applying a human rights lens, development is understood as unequivocally people-centered. -We know democracy, development and human rights are interdependent and mutually reinforcing. Therefore, sustainability has to be understood…
250 WHY HUMAN RIGHTS WORK IS TO BE SEEN IN THE REALM OF POLITICAL ACTION.
-We will succeed inasmuch as we display the capacity to mobilize collectively behind human rights as a political goal independent-of and often opposed-to the goals that motivate the state and/or…
249 WE ARE EXPOSED TO A HAMBURGER JOURNALISM FILLED WITH FAST FOOD, WITH HUMAN RIGHTS PREJUDICES, WITH PROPAGANDA AND WITH OVERSIMPLIFICATIONS. (P. Rahola)
-Social immobility ends up being the result of weak consensus. (Albino Gomez) …and reports of growing civic discontent are typically not found in newspaper columns. (adapted from Hans Dembowski) -By…