Globalization confuses the Rights-of-Liberty of persons (i.e., non-interference by the state in issues of the persons) with the Rights-of-Corporations who insistently claim for non-interference by government. Human Rights (HR) work…
One-is-what-one-is as long as the disguise lasts. Dropping the mask of the disguise is an act of reivindication of our liberty, or an avenue for its exercise and, at the…
The World Bank has a Human Rights problem: it does not respect them enough; a pity, because it should harness the inspirational power human rights (HR) bring with them and…
At this stage of our shift to a human rights-based approach (RBA) to development, the questions we now hear have changed from ‘What is this RBA?’ and ‘Why do we…
The human rights-based approach (RBA) represents a historical evolution from clientelism to citizenship. It is still often contested by many development agencies; at best, their statements on the RBA tend…
How to strengthen the HR-approach in our work in health 13.The more specific challenge we face is to incorporate the HR-based approach into the Health For All Now agenda. The…
The meaning of the human rights (HR) discourse in health 1.The revived interest in a HR-based approach to development and to work in health and nutrition is well justified and…
Universality and indivisibility Every woman, man, and child is entitled to enjoy her or his human rights simply by virtue of being human. It is this universality of human rights…
In international law, a violation of human rights (HR) is deemed to be an offence, not only against the state, but also against all members of the international community. But…
Human needs provide a critical grounding for human (people’s) rights (HR). Not all needs correspond to rights though, and not all rights correspond to needs. But a central set of…