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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Why Do We Need Human Rights? (25): Human Rights and the Endowment Effect
(source) Why do we say that people fighting for their rights are in fact fighting for the recognition of their rights? That people have rights even when the law doesn’t recognize these rights? That, in other words, people have moral … Continue reading
Human Rights Ads (62): Landmine Stickers
(source, click image to enlarge) These landmine-stickers with self-adhesive topsides are placed on the floor and are invisible until they stick to your feet. While removing them, people discover the landmine-picture on the bottom side and are informed that in … Continue reading
Posted in activism, health, human rights ads, international relations, war
Tagged ad, advertising, arms trade, landmines, unicef
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (79): Saggy Pants = Police Brutality
(source) A case similar to this one: Derby, Kansas, high school sophomore Jonathan Villarreal was walking to the bus after school when a police officer ordered him to pull his pants up above his hips. Jonathan refused, on the grounds … Continue reading
Human Rights Maps (134): Gerrymandering
Democracy is a human right. This is of course an excessively vague statement, and so we should define democracy. There are many ways to do that (and we have a whole blog series about it), some good and some less … Continue reading
The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (78): The Exploited Shall Not Commit Suicide
(source) Factories making sought-after Apple iPads and iPhones in China are forcing staff to sign pledges not to commit suicide, an investigation has revealed. At least 14 workers at Foxconn factories in China have killed themselves in the last 16 … Continue reading
Political Graffiti (139): When Life Gives You Oil Spills…
(source unknown) More political graffiti here.
Posted in political graffiti
Tagged bp, ecology, graffiti, molotovs, oil, oil spills
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Are “Social Media” and the Internet in General Good or Bad for Human Rights?
(source, the original is here) Well, it depends, as they say. “Both” is of course the only correct answer. If you’re an optimist, you would say that: Social media make it easier for people to mobilize and coordinate their activities … Continue reading
Posted in activism, democracy, governance
Tagged Egypt, Facebook, free speech, human rights, internet, iran, privacy, social media, Social Networking, technology, Tienanmen, twitter, twitter revolution
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The Causes of Poverty (44): Bad Institutions
(source) Botswana is a largely tropical, land-locked country with insignificant agriculture in a geo-politically precarious location. When the British granted independence, they left 12 km of roads and a poor educational system. Making headlines for its devastatingly high HIV rate, … Continue reading
Posted in causes of poverty, economics, governance, poverty
Tagged africa, botswana, causation, economic growth, GDP, government, HIV, institutions, resource curse, zimbabwe
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Human Rights Video (21): The Right to Water
A beautiful video about the scourge of undrinkable water: More on the right to water here, here and here. More human rights videos here.
Posted in activism, health, human rights video
Tagged Drinking water, human rights, right to water, video, water, water crisis
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What Are Human Rights? (29): Negative or Positive Human Rights?
(source) Take the right to free speech for instance. Negatively, it means that constraints on speech should be removed as much as possible. Legal people are used to view this and other rights in such a negative sense, because courts … Continue reading
