In a free-market world economy, Third World countries are not being given the benefits they and their economies need, but…
NGOs became players on the political and human rights stage (HR) long ago –both at the national and the international…
Given unequal relations of power, ‘legality’ and ‘legitimacy’ are mere window-dressing. The claims of the more powerful are simply enforced…
In world affairs parlance, often particular words, short phrases and slogans briefly (or not so briefly) become fashionable; it may…
Have you ever noticed that when we have a problem with something, we declare war on it? The war on…
When reading the last three (or more) Readers, it becomes clear that the question of leadership is a crucial one…
Power is to be understood here as the submission of some to the will of others. When power leads to…
As said so many times before, our ‘do-gooder’ zeal is not good enough to objectively improve the human rights (HR)…
Development in the wrong direction? Development cooperation can neither be reduced to fighting terrorism nor can development policy remain a…
Needs are met or satisfied. Rights are realized (respected, protected, facilitated and fulfilled). Needs do not imply duties or obligations,…