So what is your take on the (1948) UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and (1976) International Convention on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights?

Valid social interventions or harmful?

#humanrights #psychology #sociology #research #unudhr

  • @over_clox@lemmy.world
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    224 days ago

    Point is, those declarations are so old that they’re almost irrelevant these days.

    Why don’t I have the right to live off the grid? The ‘grid’, as we know it today, didn’t even exist in the 1970s.

    Maybe they should update the terms and service EULA for being born…

    • Kashif ShahOPM
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      24 days ago

      Point is, those declarations are so old that they’re almost irrelevant these days.

      By that argument, the US Constitution is irrelevant. And yet, it is the US Constitution that gives the weight of the supreme law of the land to its treaties. Ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights makes key human rights the supreme law of the land.

      I believe that means that those declarations are supremely relevant, still today.

      Why don’t I have the right to live off the grid? The ‘grid’, as we know it today, didn’t even exist in the 1970s.

      Who is telling you that you don’t have that right?

      Maybe they should update the terms and service EULA for being born…

      That is as follows: UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

        • Kashif ShahOPM
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          224 days ago

          And we need to ratify the international treaties that we’ve signed.

          • @over_clox@lemmy.world
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            224 days ago

            I fully agree with you, believe it or not.

            Just saying, the terms and service of being born and breathing the air that carries the radio waves probably needs a good fair update, to give people the option to opt out.

            • Kashif ShahOPM
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              24 days ago

              I believe you. And I get some of where you are coming from.

              Ultimately, we are all free to go off and buy land and create our own countries and all that type of thing, but sometimes it is easier to play ball within the context of human rights and your existing nation state.

              But do avail yourself of your right to move to a different country, if you can establish such an arrangement with a country of your liking.

              edit: sometimes i wish we had a “citizen exchange program” where you could go off and be a random citizen in a random country for a little while.