HUMAN RIGHTS AND POVERTY
Today, poverty prevails as the gravest human rights challenge in the world. Combating poverty, deprivation and exclusion is not a matter of charity, and it does not depend on how rich a country is.
By tackling poverty as a matter of human rights obligation, the world will have a better chance of abolishing this scourge in our lifetime...Poverty eradication is an achievable goal.
Louise Arbour
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/2006 and
http://www.ohchr.org/english/events/day2006/hrd2006.htm
Please also see:
Annan says UN has often failed to deliver on protecting and promoting human rights http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20911&Cr=human&Cr1=rights
Amnesty International
Letter Writing Marathon
http://blogs.amnesty.org/blogs/write4rights/pages
International Humanitarian Law / International Criminal Law http://www.wihl.nl
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
http://www.hrea.org/feature-events/human-rights-day.php
Today, poverty prevails as the gravest human rights challenge in the world. Combating poverty, deprivation and exclusion is not a matter of charity, and it does not depend on how rich a country is.
By tackling poverty as a matter of human rights obligation, the world will have a better chance of abolishing this scourge in our lifetime...Poverty eradication is an achievable goal.
Louise Arbour
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
(MORE)
http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/2006 and
http://www.ohchr.org/english/events/day2006/hrd2006.htm
Please also see:
Annan says UN has often failed to deliver on protecting and promoting human rights http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20911&Cr=human&Cr1=rights
Amnesty International
Letter Writing Marathon
http://blogs.amnesty.org/blogs/write4rights/pages
International Humanitarian Law / International Criminal Law http://www.wihl.nl
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
http://www.hrea.org/feature-events/human-rights-day.php