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May Roundtable: The Downfall Of Human Rights? Introduction
May Roundtable: The Downfall Of Human Rights? Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
“The Downfall of Human Rights” by Joshua Kurlantzick. Newsweek. February 19, 2010.
A Positive View Of The Trajectory Of The Human Rights Movement, David Akerson
A Positive View Of The Trajectory Of The Human Rights Movement, David Akerson
Human Rights & Human Welfare
In 1988, during the waning days of apartheid in South Africa, I was a young American lawyer working for South African Lawyers for Human Rights in Pretoria. On one occasion, I accompanied some of my African colleagues to a conference, the purpose of which was to begin visualizing post-apartheid South Africa. While the apartheid regime was still in power, it was clearly in hasty retreat, and it was equally clear that its days were numbered. The African majority would soon be taking over the reigns of power, and they were excited to begin visualizing what freedom and human rights might …