When A Little is Not Enough “What you push is what you change.“ I would like you to agree with me that taking, what I call, a ‘minimalist stand towards…
“The vast majority of humanity just has the right to see, to hear… and to remain silent.” – Eduardo Galeano A Touch of History The newly emerging Human Rights framework…
Writing Human Rights into Law In all honesty, many governments (if not most) continue to take a soft approach to the implementation of Human Rights. Human Rights actually require a…
The Participation Factor in Human Rights Getting Human Rights implemented means not only engaging development agencies, but also the government. For the latter to happen, the people (those whose Human…
The Human Rights Approach: Some Iron Laws As the new era of Human Rights-based planning in development work gets under way, there are a number of iron laws that begin…
We Live in a New Age of Rights Why does our commitment to a Human Rights approach in health, nutrition and development work overall need to change? I would argue…
4. Human Rights Based Planning: The New Approach 1. All agencies of the UN regularly prepare long-term plans of action for approval by their respective boards. To arrive at them,…
3. The Sixteen Groups of Human Rights The 16 groups of Human Rights as recognized in the articles of the two International Covenants of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)…
I am a true convert. I do believe the Human Rights approach to development is the way to go forward. Why Now? As a freelancer working in public health for…
1. Introduction If we are really honest, we must recognize that, in our development work, we often offer simplistic and politically neutral solutions. High aspirations do not always translate into…