143 POWER MAKES EVEN THE UGLIEST LOOK HANDSOME.
It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power. (Montesquieu) Let’s face it: The majority of laws in a country are passed…
142 HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NO LONGER A-PREOCCUPATION-THAT-IS-BEST-LEFT-ASIDE FOR ‘OTHERS’ TO WORRY ABOUT
Human rights (HR) are based on the assumption that there are things that ought not to be done to any human being or things that ought to be done for…
141 IT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH IS IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE THAN OTHER APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT: IT IS THE ‘MAKE OR BREAK’ ISSUE OF OUR TIME.
The human rights-based approach (HRBA) signals a ‘new deal’ in the annals of development work. It shifts the focus from technocratic to political solutions and to the empowerment of claim…
140 MANY STILL THINK HUMAN RIGHTS ARE ABOUT POLITICAL PRISONERS AND STREET DEMONSTRATIONS.
Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. This notion ignores the all important economic, social and cultural rights. Let us take examples from health and nutrition you can…
139 HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS I WISH I HAD CONCISE ANSWERS FOR.
HIV/AIDS is an example of a challenge that, in the last at least ten years, changed the political landscape in the health sector. One can ask, why has the HRBA…
40. The SUN Initiative: Putting nutrition at the center?
January blog Claudio Schuftan Ho Chi Minh City. After a long seven months in the US, I am back home. In about two years, my wife and I are planning…
138 THE HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH: A DISTILLED INVENTORY OF ITS ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES. (Part 2 of 2)
Other attributes of the human rights-based approach (RBA): A mini-SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis: Some of the RBA’s perceived strengths are Other attributes of the human rights-based approach…
137 THE HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH: A DISTILLED INVENTORY OF ITS ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES. (Part 1 of 2)
The bullets here below recap what it means to apply a holistic rights-based lens in development practice, be it in health, in education or in any other sector. They also…
136 IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK, CLICHE THINKING IN TERMS OF GOOD AND EVIL IS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL.
The human rights (HR) problems we are trying to solve deserve constructive and informed solutions –not least for the sake of the poor people waiting for an improvement of their…
135 “BREAD AND HEALTH FOR ALL BEFORE CAKE AND CIRCUS FOR ANYONE”
An unlikely alliance of rock stars, politicians, and grassroots activists has put the issue of combating poverty at the forefront of global policy making. Poverty is the result of many…