PHM-Exch> Food for a human rights learning thought

[Claudio Schuftan]

Human Rights Reader 248



FOR DECADES NOW, WE SEEM TO INTENTIONALLY NOT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO TRAIN
HUMAN BEINGS ON THE CRITICAL ISSUES THAT COMMAND THEIR LIVES.



-All humans have rights. But the question is: Do all of them know that…and
do they know *what* their human rights are?

-People will have to know their human rights if they are to be able to even
assess what it means these being met.



A manifold increase in human rights learning (HRL) is the key challenge we
face right now. This, because human rights (HR) are not the wisdom of
‘crowds’…yet. Granted. *  Actually, still, many people ask: Are HR a luxury?
Unfortunately, what they do not know is that many of their inalienable
rights *(which they are born with) are already, for long, being violated*.

*: On HR issues, even many of our peers are very close-minded and
inward-looking…still. Granted.  But HR are not just a rhetoric ornament!



The paradox, as said, is that people are already enjoying all sorts of
rights --without even knowing they are. But they are also denied all sorts
of rights… So, they do not really know the value (or the ‘taste’) of
non-discrimination, of participation, of dignity...

To read the full Reader, go to

http://wp.me/plAxa-1cw

Claudio
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