[question] Are human rights a valid social intervention or harmful?

social.sdf.org Kashif Shah (@kashifshah@social.sdf.org)

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social @RnDanger@infosec.exchange 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 #UNUD...

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

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Somebody else should start this conversation :)

Given the age of those articles, I hardly see much need to read over them with a fine tooth comb (but if someone cares to, by all means please do!)
I'm just gonna start with some personal thoughts, then go into some modern day simple but sad facts..
"I have the right to wipe my ass with a pinecone, but that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do."
But at the same time, it's the year 2024, and I don't have the right to live in a dwelling without electricity. I don't have the right to pump my own water from the ground.
In most areas, if you don't have these services, you'll be evicted and become homeless. Even if you have your own self sustainable means, or just don't even care for electricity, you're still required to...
Where are our rights at again?
- Given the age of those articles
  These "articles" are international agreements between UN member states that have gone on to inspire the vast majority of the corpus of international human rights law.
  Where are our rights at again?
  Here are the "Universal Human Rights Instruments" that have been built into international law through treaties.
  https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-listings#tab-2
  Take some time to read through those to get a sense of what is possible with the current instruments available by law.
  
  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...

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