178 OF CLAIM HOLDERS, DUTY BEARERS AND AGENTS OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
Human rights are indeed a very powerful framework for bringing change to the unequal power structures and relationships that perpetuate…
177 IN SOME CASES, THE HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE IS RELIGION-SKEPTIC.
Nobody can abuse, neglect, violate or infringe on the rights and liberties of people with impunity any longer. And if…
176 THE HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE IS ALSO MDGs-SKEPTIC.
-Real life is more complex than MDG slogans; even if we get there by 2015, we will have achieved nothing…
175 THE HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE IS GLOBALIZATION-SKEPTIC AND IFIs*-SKEPTIC. (*: International Financial Institutions)
1. In and through the process of Globalization, ‘what-people-allegedly-want’ is being manipulated by using the lure of consumerism –and that…
174 GENDER EQUALITY IS NOT JUST A WOMEN’S ISSUE, BUT A DEVELOPMENT AND A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE.
In many poor countries, gender equality and women’s rights are considered a mere whim of rich countries or, worse, an…
173 HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ARE NO LONGER A PRIVATE AFFAIR, BECAUSE THEY NOW HAVE A POLITICAL DIMENSION.
Human rights violations are a long running saga and a straightjacket for sustainable development. (CETIM) 1. To understand them comprehensively,…
172 PHYSICAL CAPITAL WEARS OUT; SOCIAL CAPITAL DOES NOT. THE MORE IT IS USED IN EXERCISING DIRECT DEMOCRACY THE STRONGER IT GETS (e.g., to combat human rights violations).
-Democracy is a means, not an end. -Democracy is not a spectator sport. -The world is run by people that…
171 MORE IRON LAWS THAT AFFECT HUMAN RIGHTS: USE THEM!
[Human Rights (HR) being very much on our agenda, what follows is a collection of (not always related) mostly one-liners…
170 THE RESPECT OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH IS A REFLECTION OF A SOCIETY’S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND JUSTICE.
1. The Human Rights Framework does not demand a ‘right to be healthy’; it does not ask governments to commit…
169 THE LACK OF FUNDING TO CARRY OUT NATIONAL OR LOCAL HUMAN RIGHTS ASSESSMENTS SHOULD NOT DELAY US IN LAUNCHING THEM!
1. Human Rights assessments are government- or civil society-led participatory processes that aim at diagnosing the human rights (HR) situation…