Human Rights Facts (45): Health

This post focuses on health and health care. I already wrote posts on the specific subjects of infant mortality, maternal mortality and life expectancy and will not come back to these in the current post. 
Health is a human rights issue in two respects.
First, people have a right to health care and health insurance. Article 25 of [...]

Human Rights Facts (16): Development Aid

International development aid is a necessary tool for the protection of the human rights of people in developing countries. Especially their so-called economic rights such as the right to food and shelter.
“Can” implies “ought”, because those with more power tend to have more responsibilities. A wealthy country or a group of wealthy countries can help [...]

Human Rights Facts (8): Famine

Here are some of the worst famines in the 20th century. In China between 1958 and 1962, an estimated 10 to 30 million people died as a result of Mao’s Great Leap Forward. The government was unaware of the problems and continued to export food and cut imports several years into the famine. Farmers were [...]

Human Rights Cartoon (74): Bio-Fuel

Three very similar cartoons about bio-fuels and food prices:

Very funny, but it’s a bit simplistic to blame the food shortages around the world on the increase in food prices “fueled” by the use of raw food materials for petrol alternatives. First of all, the rising costs of food transportation due to rising energy costs also [...]

Human Rights Quote (2): Poverty

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. Dom Helder Camara.

Human Rights Cartoon (11): Responsibility

(by www.comics.com/editoons/cardow)
Rights, including the right to food, are not a gift. We own them. People should not depend on gifts for their food (or their other rights). A gift you have a choice to give or not. A right you don’t have a choice to respect or not. When someone is without food, we do [...]