The role of claim holders and duty bearers* 1. With an emphasis on development results that actually ought to be seen as fulfilled human rights, duty-bearers become accountable in a…
-Donors have done pretty much as they wished for quite some time now, and this has not been beneficial for the developing countries. (J. Cedergren) -Some say that human rights…
-Liberalism defends the interests of the intellectual elite; conservatism defends the interests of the financial and industrial elite. The question is: Who defends the interests of human rights? (…and are…
-For the HR paradigm to impose itself, small is beautiful, but big is necessary. (F.H. Abed) -The thinking that created the problem cannot be the same as that which will…
Human rights are intrinsic values that give all human beings dignity. 1. Human rights (HR) are a foundation of the UN. Therefore, the UN has a core mandate to institute…
– When one leaves behind problems without solutions, one does not leave, one absconds. (Jerome Koenig) – A powerful interest of a few has the potential to sway the situation…
1. As human rights activists, we do engage in combating the inertia rooted in many of our fellow development workers (including those that do not believe in anything, or that…
-The fields of the poor may yield much food, but the same is swept away through injustice. (Proverbs 13:23) -If the rich could hire others to die for them, we,…
A contemporary philosopher asked himself: Is it easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism? 1. According to the same philosopher, we tend to ignore…
-We cannot take scarcity-of-resources as a reply to claim holders’ demands without asking why scarcity. -They may be able to cut all the flowers, but they will never stop spring.…