Even today, there is wide disagreement about the definition of human rights and the interpretation of human rights values and principles, laws, instruments and standards. Effective human rights practice and the lessons learned from these, help in what is called standard-setting. Whoever we are, the most important agents in the human rights chain are the victims themselves. What to do with human rights violations is different from what to do when we educate a village about human rights. This is a matter of strategy.
Any human rights talk that excludes the victim is no rights talk.
It is the victims of human rights violations, and those who in ignorance are kept away from exercising their rights, for whom human rights exist. It is while fighting for human rights that one participates in making God s people whole again. The practice of Jesus s teachings of love, mercy and justice will usher in a just and peaceful world order allowing us to live in peace, with economic security, social justice and ecological harmony. The foundation is human dignity. The building blocks are human rights.