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[Claudio Schuftan]

Human Rights Reader 289



*THE CORNERSTONE OF EQUALITY AND OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS TO VALUE ALL PERSONS
EQUALLY.*



-Inequalities are staring us in the face now, but will be shouting at us
after MDGs-year 2015.

-Once and for all: There is no such a thing a ‘moderately equitable’ or
‘equitable inequalities’.



*Equality* is achieved in situations in which all persons in a society
enjoy equal (the same) access to available goods and services necessary to
fulfill their basic human needs. By extension, equality seeks ‘equality for
all persons in their dignity and their human rights’. So, to achieve
equality, note that *dignity* and *indignation* have a common etymologic
root!

*Equity *is achieved in situations in which everyone is treated ‘fairly’
(not necessarily the same). Equity is related to distributive justice, to
being just, to being fair or impartial. But beware: What is fair is not
necessarily equal and what is equal is not necessarily fair. Everyone knows
what is equal, but no one, under the circumstances, knows likewise what is
fair.



Equality entails processes that stand for dignity and for
non-discrimination (a human rights principle).

Equity entails processes that stand for fairness and justice (a concept of
justice).


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Claudio
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