102. MORE ON POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Many have the misfortune of being born in a poor country, but not a poor world! Traditional development cooperation has failed to curb poverty and human rights (HR) abuses despite…
101. NGOs: A NETWORK OF PROTAGONISTS (AND DENOUNCERS OF THE SLOW PROGRESS BEING MADE) IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK?
1. Can the NGO Establishment overcome the North-South-divide or is it just reproducing it at civil society level? NGOs have been accused of being paternalistic and not-sufficiently-radical-in-fostering-human-rights (HR). The heavy…
100. A PRIMER FOR A NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO OPERATIONALISE THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE (WITHIN THE BROADER FRAMEWORK OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH). (Part 3 of 3)
Specific actions under the Action Plan A. Government and Ministry of Health actions (contd): A12. Preparation of a National-Accident-Policy with the establishment of appropriate accident and trauma services in all…
99. A PRIMER FOR A NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO OPERATIONALISE THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE (WITHIN THE BROADER FRAMEWORK OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH). (Part 2 of 3)
Specific actions under the Action Plan A. Government and Ministry of Health actions (as prime duty-bearers): A1. Enactment of a National-Public-Health-Services-Act that recognizes and delineates the Health Rights of citizens…
98. A PRIMER FOR A NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO OPERATIONALIZE THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE (WITHIN THE BROADER FRAMEWORK OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH). (Part 1 of 3)
Objectives for a national action plan (mostly for duty-bearers at different levels, but also for claim-holders) Explicit recognition of the Right-to-Health-Care to be enjoyed by all citizens. (Recognized by all…
97. SUCCEED, WE ULTIMATELY MUST! IF NOT, HUMAN RIGHTS WILL BE RELEGATED TO SIMPLY BEING AN INDICATOR OF VIOLATIONS RATHER THAN AN ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM.
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…
96. ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE AND ‘WHAT ONE-IS AND IS-NOT’
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…
95. TWO NON-ACTORS IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
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…
94. A CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CURRENT STAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS WORK.
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…
93. THE RISE OF RIGHTS
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…