122 USING THE MILLENNIUM AGENDA AS A REFERENCE POINT IMPLIES SIDE-LINING THE HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH!
We live in a world of high-flown objectives, ambitious target setting and obscure acronyms. MDGs and PRSPs make virtually…
121 HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ERA OF NEOLIBERAL GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING.
Under capitalism, to lament the current increase in inequality is to bemoan the economic growth paradigm itself. In a…
120 ON FOREIGN AID, CORRUPTION, DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
History is always written by the winners; the losers are obliterated and the winners write the history books which glorify…
119 IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK, OUR LEGITIMACY AND AUTHORITY ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THEY ARE STRONG IN THE WEAKEST LINK OF OUR OWN NETWORK.
The Human Rights struggle is complicated; in some ways, it becomes a struggle against a part of ourselves, the selfish…
118 WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE (AT LEAST PART-TIME) A HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST?: A VERY INFORMAL AND TENTATIVE QUIZZ. (*)
Going through the following questions may give you a clue… Do you engage in any of the following?: Advancing…
117. IT IS ON THE BASIS OF A BROKEN SOCIAL CONTRACT AND OF GLOBAL INJUSTICE THAT WE SPEAK OF POVERTY AS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION.
The critical evaluation of human rights (HR) in a country addresses generally disagreeable issues, such as abuse of power, tyranny…
116. POVERTY DOES NOT PERSIST SOLELY BECAUSE OF INCOMPETENT, CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS INSENSITIVE TO THE FATE OF THEIR POPULATIONS! NO, IT IS AT ONCE THE CAUSE AND THE EFFECT OF THE TOTAL OR PARTIAL DENIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
Poverty is spreading and our world puts up with it. Ethical double standards lead us to accept the poverty manufactured…
115. IT WILL BE VIA ECONOMIC DISPARITY REDUCTION PROGRAMS THAT HUMAN RIGHTS WILL BE FULFILLED.
To deny people their rights is, by definition, a way to keep them poor. Human Rights (HR) are not just…
114. THE SACHS MACROECONOMICS AND HEALTH REPORT: INVESTING IN HEALTH FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE CRUMBS FROM THE RICH MAN’S TABLE? (Part 3 of 3)
Justifying the reversal of logic We consider it a reversal of logic that attention in the Report is directed primarily…
113. THE SACHS MACROECONOMICS AND HEALTH REPORT: INVESTING IN HEALTH FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE CRUMBS FROM THE RICH MAN’S TABLE? (Part 2 of 3)
Models of democracy and respect for human rights There is no indication currently that people will soon (or ever?) be…