This is exactly why @distributeaid.org's mission statement focuses on human dignity instead of human rights. The former necessitates the latter.
"Our mission is to provide for basic human needs at scale by connecting communities and empowering people to uphold human dignity."
"Our mission is to provide for basic human needs at scale by connecting communities and empowering people to uphold human dignity."
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Alaa
What isn’t said enough and perhaps is deliberately suppressed is that dignity isn’t an accessory to human rights. It is their essence, their foundation,their true meaning.
The right to life is inseparable from the right to be treated as a whole human being not as a case file in a bureaucrat’s drawer
The right to life is inseparable from the right to be treated as a whole human being not as a case file in a bureaucrat’s drawer
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1. Upholding human dignity is the intention.
2. Our mutual aid supply chain work is the action.
3. Meeting basic needs (and thus fulfilling human rights) is the impact.
If we don't get #1 right, then #2 and #3 don't happen.