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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Human Rights Reader 284</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">WHEN IT COMES TO IMPLEMENT THE HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED
FRAMEWORK, A CUT/COPY AND PASTE COURSE OF ACTION IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5in">-Reason alone does not convince
the violators of human rights (or their acolytes and protectors) to change
course. (M. Vargas Llosa)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5in">-A comprehensive understanding of the
human rights framework inevitably implies taking political sides.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A few lose ends will benefit
from some further clarification; this is what this Reader attempts.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">On obligations:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The obligation to respect,
protect and fulfill the human rights of groups in situations of vulnerability
refers to the state’s <i>obligation of
conduct</i>, i.e., its obligation to adopt concrete actions and measures in
those three parameters (and no less!) thus decisively moving towards the
realization of human rights (HR) by creating an enabling environment and by
allocating sufficient resources. <span style="color:blue"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">On international HR law:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">International human rights
law is a valuable legal and conceptual framework in our work for many reasons.
Among them: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">(i) for
bringing strategies to improve the HR of poor and excluded social groups under
one common umbrella;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">(ii)
for improving equality in health, in nutrition, in education, in housing, etc.;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">(iii)
for clarifying responsibilities and accountability issues in a whole host of
social services, and </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">(iv)
for evaluating progress in meeting the MDGs. </span></p>
<br><br>To see the rest of this Reader, go to<br><br><a href="http://wp.me/plAxa-1yM" target="_blank">http://wp.me/plAxa-1yM</a> <br><br>Claudio<br>