1. The more well-known human rights, like the freedom of speech or the freedom of assembly protect individuals from assault by the state. Economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR), on…

Human rights are indeed a very powerful framework for bringing change to the unequal power structures and relationships that perpetuate poverty and its accompanying HR violations provided the proper accountability…

Nobody can abuse, neglect, violate or infringe on the rights and liberties of people with impunity any longer. And if anybody does so, we will hold them accountable and responsible…

-Real life is more complex than MDG slogans; even if we get there by 2015, we will have achieved nothing more than isolated islands of progress in a sea of…

1. In and through the process of Globalization, ‘what-people-allegedly-want’ is being manipulated by using the lure of consumerism –and that ends-up playing against human rights principles. Period. 2. In the…

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…

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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…