139 HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS I WISH I HAD CONCISE ANSWERS FOR.
HIV/AIDS is an example of a challenge that, in the last at least ten years, changed the political landscape in…
40. The SUN Initiative: Putting nutrition at the center?
January blog Claudio Schuftan Ho Chi Minh City. After a long seven months in the US, I am back home.…
138 THE HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH: A DISTILLED INVENTORY OF ITS ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES. (Part 2 of 2)
Other attributes of the human rights-based approach (RBA): A mini-SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis: Some of the RBA’s…
137 THE HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH: A DISTILLED INVENTORY OF ITS ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES. (Part 1 of 2)
The bullets here below recap what it means to apply a holistic rights-based lens in development practice, be it in…
136 IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK, CLICHE THINKING IN TERMS OF GOOD AND EVIL IS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL.
The human rights (HR) problems we are trying to solve deserve constructive and informed solutions –not least for the sake…
135 “BREAD AND HEALTH FOR ALL BEFORE CAKE AND CIRCUS FOR ANYONE”
An unlikely alliance of rock stars, politicians, and grassroots activists has put the issue of combating poverty at the forefront…
134 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CORRIDORS OF POWER.
With their unchallenged dominance of fundamentalist market ideology, transnational corporations have time and again violated human rights (HR), disregarded core…
133 IF A STATE HAS RATIFIED A TREATY, IT IS LEGALLY BOUND TO IMPLEMENT IT: A REITERATION. (Part 2 of 2)
[A quick reminder: The elements of the human rights-based approach to development (HRBA) are: an assessment and analysis of the…
132 IF A STATE HAS RATIFIED A TREATY, IT IS LEGALLY BOUND TO IMPLEMENT IT: A REITERATION. (Part 1 of 2)
This Reader keeps reminding you that the Rights to Health, to Food, to Development are all Human rights (HR), not…
131 SOME QUESTIONS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS THAT ARE SELDOM ASKED.
To start with, on matters of our time: 1.1. Does the war against terror not really divert the world’s attention…