An inability to exercise power means that poor and vulnerable people cannot change the condition of their vulnerability and must remain dependent on others to do so. 1. Health planners…

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. (M. Gandhi) 1. In a ‘sick’ country, every step towards…

1. Because poverty is not only about income, but also about the lack of services, a deteriorating and unhealthy environment, inadequate living conditions, human rights violations and scant opportunities, development…

Variations on a theme by Salman Rushdie. Inspired, plagiarized and paraphrased from his novel “Fury”, Vintage Books, Random House, London, 2002. What makes the world go round should not be…

Human Rights in the development discourse have reached a stage-of-no-return with the climate for the adoption and application of human rights principles and obligations slowly, but steadily increasing. (W.Barth-Eide) 1.…

1. Since most scholarly articles on human rights (HR) fall, without making much of a sound either in the academic forest or in the real world, actively establishing HR responsibilities…

Rich countries still think the West is the center of the world and that salvation must (patriarchically) come from that quarter. 1. Can we muster the power of conviction and…

Together with Dennis Kucinich, the ex-US presidential candidate, we see poverty as a weapon of mass destruction. 1. Is poverty reduction per-se an independent, stand-alone goal in the human rights-based…

Since there needs to be a push for an international paradigm shift among top decision-makers/duty-bearers, do we really have a choice not to take political sides? 1. Democracy and the…