This Reader keeps reminding you that the Rights to Health, to Food, to Development are all Human rights (HR), not policy-options-that-governments-can-choose-to-adopt-or-to-ignore! It is thus not tolerable that governments observe only…
To start with, on matters of our time: 1.1. Does the war against terror not really divert the world’s attention from the underlying causes of growing global insecurity (and the…
1. The Causes of Hunger and Malnutrition: Macro and Micro Determinants 1. The Causes of Hunger and Malnutrition: Macro and Micro Determinants Macro and micro causes of malnutrition Diagnosing the…
January blog Claudio Schuftan San Jose, California. Since I am back in the Americas for holidays, I start this month by quoting some views of the prominent Uruguayan journalist and…
The official neoliberal paradigm has actually created its own ‘counter-paradigm’; one that, for looks, embodies a highly ethical (yet apolitical) discourse. Its name: “Sustainable Development”, Sustainable development is a discourse…
In last instance, rights practices sow the seeds of a different social order since they hold duty-bearers effectively accountable. The struggle to replace ‘clientelism’ with rights is ongoing. (Clientelism is…
In the more specific case of health, there is a conflict between WB policies under the poverty reduction strategies (PRS) process and the Right to Health (RTH). Bank policies do…
The ongoing neoliberal global restructuring is mostly driven by a handful of political superpowers and a small and declining number of large multi-national corporations; they directly and indirectly hold the…
How can we be content with health for half when health for all is possible? The MDGs are too little too late. Let’s face it: The 1978 Alma Ata Declaration…
The goal of providing human rights to all in the world is as inspiring and formidable a challenge as any extraterrestrial adventure. (J. Cohen and D. Bloom) As sad as…