Digi Rights: Applying fundamental Human Rights to the Digital Realm

[aschrijver]

This is a continuation of the Human Rights discussion in this topic:

Reflections on CHT header image and slogan and the message it conveys

Right you are that realign can also mean a new alignment. Thanks for that though the use if realign is confusing. My reference to human rights is that all social movements including this one are at their core about human rights. The Center for Humane Technology is a human rights organisation whether they realise it or not, as is every discussion in this forum related to human rights. You may not liken yourselves to Mandela or Gandhi, but actually you’re fighting the same fight. There are freedo…

@Naro

When “Human Rights,” are mentioned anywhere on this forum, is the reference to Universal Declaration of Human Rights or something else?

Probably most uses are implicit references to the concept we share about what ‘human rights’ mean, rather than explicit references to the declaration, but it depends on context. At least in Digi Rights: Applying fundamental Human Rights to the Digital Realm the declaration is explicitly the target of the discussion.

@Naro

A declaration of rights is conceived and proclaimed, but then it must be applied. What has failed in the application of current Universal Declaration of Human Rights since 1948?

Sure. It must be applied to have any meaning. And it has been applied on countless occasions. It has also been violated numerous times, as we all know, and continues to be violated by people and parties all around the world.

I wonder why you have written the response like this. Are you implying that it is a useless exercise to have the declaration? Or that there is another, better way to ensure human rights are universally known. A way that makes application and adherence easier to enforce?