In many poor countries, gender equality and women’s rights are considered a mere whim of rich countries or, worse, an expression of Western decadence. (H. Dembowski) A quick introductory glimpse…
Human rights violations are a long running saga and a straightjacket for sustainable development. (CETIM) 1. To understand them comprehensively, human rights violations have to be put in the context…
-Democracy is a means, not an end. -Democracy is not a spectator sport. -The world is run by people that show up. Let us start this Reader debunking a couple…
. General 1. Half truths are like half bricks: you
1. The Human Rights Framework does not demand a ‘right to be healthy’; it does not ask governments to commit resources they do not have to the provision of health…
1. Human Rights assessments are government- or civil society-led participatory processes that aim at diagnosing the human rights (HR) situation in any given country. 2. Human Rights assessments enable the…
When the same data are pored over many times, there is a danger we will find patterns that are there by accident. (R. Rajan) 1. Statistics today essentially serve lead…
-Human rights are timeless and are the expressions of fundamental entitlements of human beings. -Unless poor people are accorded their rights, their lives will inevitably be short, desperate and unfree.…
1. Let us recall that human rights (HR) originally encompass four main principles: participation, inclusion, accountability and the rule of law*. The sequential steps we envision in a truly progressive…
-It is unlikely that the naysayers and nitpickers will be able to overrule committed human rights activists. -It is difficult to be an actor, but easy to be a spectator.…