Human Rights – a literacy ‘must
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The Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas once wrote: ‘A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around him’. The Czech lawyer and activist Milada Horáková wrote ‘Man doeHuman Rights – a literacy ‘must
The Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas once wrote: ‘A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around him’. The Czech lawyer and activist Milada Horáková wrote ‘Man doesn't live in the world alone; in that there is great happiness, but also a tremendous responsibility’. On December 10, we mark International Human Rights Day and celebrate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The quotes above reference their significance. Despite its critics, its weaknesses and contradictions, the human rights ideal and the frameworks and practices built around them continue to inspire people worldwide.Human rights have put their mark on national constitutions, have routinely formed the basis of law and have been a focal point for those opposing ignorance, bigotry, abuse and tyranny. In the round, they have also become a process through which states (and increasingly individuals) hold each other to account, even if not in a court of law. Despite the cynics and the constant attempts to dismiss the agenda as nothing more than ‘high-minded idealism rather than realism’ or (as in many parts of the world) a ‘western’... Read more