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Global Systematic Discrimination against the Poor
Monday, 7 September 2009, 10:10 am | Anthony Ravlich
The Optional Protocol (a complaints procedure) for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights due to be signed by States on September 24, 2009, will, by its exclusion of the core minimum obligations of the State from this ... More >>
Bottom-up rights and ethical globalization
Thursday, 16 July 2009, 2:24 pm | Anthony Ravlich
The ‘bottom-up’ approach to human rights, which is ethical rather than elitist, are those which the anti-globalization movement can struggle for to have included in domestic and international human rights law. More >>
Awaiting Arrest: Offence under the Electoral Act
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 3:37 pm | Anthony Ravlich
The following emails are self-explanatory: the first email is from the Chief Electoral Office to myself on March 8, 2009, in response to my email to the Office on the same date, which is the second email. More >>
Letter from the Poor to Murray McCully
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 10:17 am | Anthony Ravlich
Is the New Zealand representative at the UN General Assembly’s discussions on the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights able to make mention of the fact that the Optional Protocol (OP) does not ... More >>
Anthony Ravlich: Credit Crisis & Trade Unions
Sunday, 28 September 2008, 8:45 pm | Anthony Ravlich
The credit crisis facing the world may be explained in part in the decisions made in recent years at the United Nations to place more emphasis on the economic and social interests of the trade unions and the working classes. More >>
Further Oppression of the Poor likely at the UN
Friday, 12 September 2008, 10:19 am | Anthony Ravlich
Chair of the Human Rights Council, Anthony Ravlich writes that radical changes are needed by the UN General Assembly to address complaints procedure for social injustices if there is to be hope for the most disadvantaged. More >>
New book being shunned by NZ’s Establishment
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 3:09 pm | Anthony Ravlich
My book – Freedom from our Social Prisons: the Rise of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – just released in New Zealand and which gives hope to the poor and marginalised has so far been ignored by the establishment. This shows that freedom of speech does ... More >>
A note from Anthony Ravlich on his new book
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 1:38 pm | Anthony Ravlich
My book, ‘Freedom from our Social Prisons: the Rise of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’, which aims to empower the poor and marginalized with a uniting belief system –core minimum obligations - is due to be released in June, 2008 (see below). More >>
A. Ravlich: Psychiatric Survivors At The Beach
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 11:59 am | Anthony Ravlich
Psychiatric Survivors Inc. is now homeless and is occupying Pt Chevalier Beach. This very independent organization, which was set up as a charitable trust in 1988, is among the leaders in Auckland in promoting the very controversial economic, social ... More >>
The New United Nations Human Rights Council
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 11:59 am | Anthony Ravlich
Countries with a more balanced approach to human rights at the international level, such as New Zealand, should be used in peace-maker roles on the new United Nations Human Rights Council. More >>
UN Divided Over Complaints for Social Injustices
Friday, 11 February 2005, 10:51 am | Anthony Ravlich
At the United Nations New Zealand maintained its distance from the American camp which is opposed to a complaints procedure (Optional Protocol) for those suffering serious social injustices i.e. violations of economic, social and cultural rights. More >>
Anthony Ravlich: Social Justice Gaining Momentum
Wednesday, 13 October 2004, 12:07 am | Anthony Ravlich
The very controversial economic, social and cultural rights, first championed by New Zealand at the United Nations almost 56 years ago, have finally got significant recognition in this country in the Human Rights Commission’s major study, Human Rights ... More >>
Lack Of Human Rights Awareness Impedes Justice
Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 5:56 pm | Anthony Ravlich
Human Rights educator, Anthony Ravlich, writes that while the Labour govt’s budget redistributes some wealth back to low and middle income families there is little assurance that some future government will not reverse the process. More >>
