PHM-Exch> Food for a resounding majority thought

[Claudio Schuftan]

  Food for a resounding majority thought


> Human Rights Reader 241
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> *ONLY WHERE AND WHEN HUMAN RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED CAN WE SPEAK OF DEMOCRACY
> BEING STABLE.*
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> The human rights framework provides a normative base for poverty reduction,
> while democracy organizes political and social life to this end. (Sida)
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> * *
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> 1. Ratification of UN Covenants and Conventions (has not) and does not
> require(d) any type of democracy. Actually, the reasons for why so many
> non-democratic countries have ratified many UN treaties include:
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> ·      gaining international legitimacy;
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> ·      attracting donor funding; and
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> ·      having accepted them with Reservations (which is when states accept
> most of the text of a covenant, but with some reservations).
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> Although ratification of a UN Convention is legally binding, there is no
> real enforcement mechanism, especially if there are no active monitoring
> bodies (which a true democratic regime calls for). (U. Jonsson)
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To read the full HR Reader 241 go to


http://www.socialmedicine.org/2010/05/24/human-rights/only-where-and-when-human-rights-are-respected-can-we-speak-of-democracy-being-stable/

Claudio
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