195 THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE PROCESS REVISITED. (Part 1 of 2)
Health is neither an expenditure nor an investment: Primarily and foremost it is a right. 1. For starters, let us look at what the human right to health care process…
194 KEEP IN MIND: IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK WE ARE IN A STRUGGLE NOT ONLY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT ALSO AGAINST IMPUNITY.
It is pertinent that, at this juncture, this Reader revisits some human rights principles 1. To begin with, at the core, is the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction which says that…
193 IN THIS, ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY, THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS STILL A KIND OF CONSCIENCE OF THE WORLD –OR EVEN MORE– TODAY IT CAN BE CONSIDERED CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Many of you may feel a sickening sense of impotence about the widespread situation of injustice the world over; yet if these feelings of disgust could be united into common…
192 HUMAN RIGHTS: WHILE SMALL SUCCESS STORIES ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, NEEDED GLOBAL REFORMS ARE BEING HAMPERED.
1. Although the World Bank (and related international financial institutions) pay lip service to progressive human rights (HR) policy, in practice, they continue to promote centralized, unsustainable projects. All summed…
29. Big Food and the World Economic Forum
WN Update World Nutrition Volume 4, Number 8, October-December 2013 Journal of the World Public Health Nutrition Association Published monthly at www.wphna.org/worldnutrition/ Editor’s note. Big Food Watch. on the cover…
30. Shortcomings of the SDGs
WN Guest editorial World Nutrition Volume 6, Number 3, March 2015 Journal of the World Public Health Nutrition Association Published monthly at www.wphna.org/worldnutrition/ Health, nutrition and well-being after 2015 What…
31. Safety nets and the SUN Initiative
WN Development. Hot Stuff Safety nets, SUN and MOON Access April 2015 Feedback George Kent on trade here Access April 2014 Shamim Hayder Talukder on vitamin A supplementation here Claudio…
32. The Equality-Equity controversy
World Nutrition Volume 5, Number 6, June 2014 World Nutrition June 2014, 5, 6, pp? WN Feedback World Nutrition Volume 5, Number 6, June 2014 Journal of the World Public…
191 CORPORATIONS NEED CLEAR, BINDING HUMAN RIGHTS RULES.
1. On human rights (HR), governments and civil society must consistently hold corporations to account. When it comes to HR, neither flashy-management-slogans nor corporate nitpicking over HR terms and principles…
190 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS OR CHARITABLE INTENTIONS; IT REVOLVES AROUND BUSINESS INTERESTS.
“There is one and only one social responsibility of business –to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the…