125 BEING A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS NOT AN ILLUSION ONE SHOULD LOSE AT AGE 40.
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…
124 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.
Oblivious to the teachings of history, international free trade is being promoted to the rank of ‘development motor’ as if development would be the same as preparing the population for…
123 PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS EVEN WITHOUT ANY SPECIFIC LEGISLATION SAYING SO.
Every person, anywhere in the world –irrespective of citizenship or territorial legislation– has rights that others should respect. (Amartya Sen) Further, human rights (HR) are blind to nationalities and are…
122 USING THE MILLENNIUM AGENDA AS A REFERENCE POINT IMPLIES SIDE-LINING THE HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH!
We live in a world of high-flown objectives, ambitious target setting and obscure acronyms. MDGs and PRSPs make virtually no allowances for human rights (HR) or for environmental protection. Moreover,…
121 HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ERA OF NEOLIBERAL GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING.
Under capitalism, to lament the current increase in inequality is to bemoan the economic growth paradigm itself. In a world where 51 of the world’s 100 biggest economies are corporations,…
120 ON FOREIGN AID, CORRUPTION, DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
History is always written by the winners; the losers are obliterated and the winners write the history books which glorify their own cause and disparge the conquered foe. By its…
119 IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK, OUR LEGITIMACY AND AUTHORITY ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THEY ARE STRONG IN THE WEAKEST LINK OF OUR OWN NETWORK.
The Human Rights struggle is complicated; in some ways, it becomes a struggle against a part of ourselves, the selfish part of what we are –individually and collectively speaking. (C.…
118 WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE (AT LEAST PART-TIME) A HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST?: A VERY INFORMAL AND TENTATIVE QUIZZ. (*)
Going through the following questions may give you a clue… Do you engage in any of the following?: Advancing people’s health rights, be it in Primary Health Care, in patients…
117. IT IS ON THE BASIS OF A BROKEN SOCIAL CONTRACT AND OF GLOBAL INJUSTICE THAT WE SPEAK OF POVERTY AS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION.
The critical evaluation of human rights (HR) in a country addresses generally disagreeable issues, such as abuse of power, tyranny by those in positions of political responsibility, disrespect for the…
116. POVERTY DOES NOT PERSIST SOLELY BECAUSE OF INCOMPETENT, CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS INSENSITIVE TO THE FATE OF THEIR POPULATIONS! NO, IT IS AT ONCE THE CAUSE AND THE EFFECT OF THE TOTAL OR PARTIAL DENIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
Poverty is spreading and our world puts up with it. Ethical double standards lead us to accept the poverty manufactured by our societies. To address this question is essential for…