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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Human Rights Quote (64): Politically Correct Development Talk
“Global south”. What does this oxymoron mean? We used to say what we meant, “poor countries”. That became unfashionable, in part because poverty is sometimes a bit of your own doing and not a state of pure victimhood. So, it … Continue reading
Posted in aid, human rights quote
Tagged development, development aid, human rights quote, quote
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Human Rights Maps (42): Global Peace Index
(source) The Global Peace Index, created by the Economist Intelligence Unit, is based on 24 indicators measuring peace inside and outside of a country. They include the number of wars a country was involved in the past five years, how … Continue reading
Posted in human rights maps, war
Tagged arms trade, crime, foreign policy, human rights, human rights maps, maps, peace, politics, violence, war
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Capital Punishment (10): The Gradual Abolition
I’ve argued here against the death penalty, so it’s good news to see that there’s a gradual, worldwide trend in favor of the abolition of capital punishment.Let’s first have a look at the U.S. The number of death sentences in … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment
Tagged abolitionism, capital punishment, china, death penalty, death row, law, politics, texas, u.s.
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The Ethics of Human Rights (14): Is Morality Linked to Culture? (Cultural Relativism)
(source, click on the image to enlarge) Is morality linked to culture? Or, in other words, is morality culturally relative? Does every culture have its own moral rules? This is relevant from a human rights perspective because human rights can … Continue reading
Political Graffiti (24): Trust the Government
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Tagged government, political graffiti, politics, trust
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Human Rights Maps (41): Same Sex Marriages in Europe and the U.S.
(source) UPDATE: As these things can evolve quite rapidly, here’s an updated version of the US map, dated January 2010: This map takes into account the California repeal of 2008 (California is still partially colored in purple in the first … Continue reading
Human Rights Facts (23): What is Poverty? (Different Definitions of Poverty and an Attempt to Make Some Order)
(I’m sorry for this rather long post, but I couldn’t see a way to break it into pieces. For those courageous enough to give it a try: start in the middle, right after the definitions). This is the World Bank‘s … Continue reading
Posted in human rights facts, poverty
Tagged economics, human rights, income, necessities, needs, politics, poverty, resources, what is poverty
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The Causes of Poverty (17): Overpopulation
(source) I’ve written about the population problem before on this blog (see here). It’s quite common to hear the claim that many human rights violations, such as wars, genocides, famines, poverty and unemployment, are caused by the fact that there … Continue reading
Posted in causes of poverty, poverty, war
Tagged cartoon, GDP, human rights, human rights cartoon, malthusianism, overpopulation, population control, poverty, Thomas Malthus
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Human Rights Video (7): Torturing Democracy
If you want to watch the rest of this movie, click here. More on torture is here.
Posted in human rights video, torture
Tagged 9-11, bush, human rights, human rights video, terrorism, torture, u.s.
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Limiting Free Speech (11): The Right to Libel, Defame and Slander
A libelous statement (or a defamatory or slanderous statement, which are more or less synonymous) is a lie, a statement that can be disproven by facts (and therefore not merely an opinion), which has a direct impact on someone’s reputation … Continue reading
Posted in law, limiting free speech, privacy
Tagged defamation, free speech, human rights, law, libel, limiting free speech, politics, press freedom, privacy, slander
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