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    Human Righats
    Human Righats
    Human Righats
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    Human Righats

    By Ismail Serageldin

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    Ismail Serageldin is the Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC). He was the Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the New Library of Alexandria in Egypt (2001-2017). Before that he was the Vice-President of the World Bank (1993-2000) in charge of Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESD), and the Chairman of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). He served on many international committees and commissions, including serving as a member of the High Level group for the Alliance of Civilizations convened by the Secretary General of the United Nations (2006-2007). He was also a distinguished professor at Wageningen University and the College de France. He is a member of many Academies and serves on many commissions, boards, and advisory committees for academic, research, and NGO institutions. He has lectured widely and published more than 100 books and 500 articles. He has received many awards from many countries and has received more than 40 honorary doctorates from all over the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAldar Almasriah Allubnaniah
    Release dateDec 3, 2024
    ISBN9789777954846
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      Human Righats - Ismail Serageldin

      Preface to the Second Edition

      We live in turbulent times where the big powers are rending the fabric of the established order, and in the process, undermining all the existing peace and security arrangements …

      A resurgent Russia wages a destructive war in Ukraine, ignoring the UN General Assembly votes against that. While in the case of the war in Gaza triggered by the terrible October 7 attack by Hamas, Israel unleashed a frenzy of killing and destruction on the civilian population of Gaza, killing well over 35,000 persons, the majority being women and children. Over 75,000 others have been wounded, and many are still unaccounted for under the rubble of the huge number of buildings destroyed by the Israeli military. The world is ardently demanding a humanitarian ceasefire and a return to the two-state solution, but the US is supporting the Netanyahu government of Israel in refusing a ceasefire. Worse, the International Court has issued instructions that are being blatantly ignored by the Israeli authorities.

      Beyond Ukraine and Gaza, conflicts beset many parts of Africa. Elsewhere, Haiti falls into a spiral of chaotic violence, and criminal violence is the bane in many Latin American countries. Wars rage in many parts of the world, and everywhere, civilians and non-combatants suffer the consequences of this violence.

      Nations are as multi-layered as ever, with ethnic, religious and political divides that challenge stable national governance, and that view negatively any type of immigration. Even as the number of refugees and displaced people now exceeds 100 million persons.

      Today, the growing number of armed conflicts, and massive human rights violations witnessed in many places such as the Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar, all point to a collapsing global rule-based order.

      Furthermore, the American colossus casts a giant shadow as its deeply divided politics undermine confidence in any consistent engagement in this world of shifting tectonic plates where lines of cleavage are being constantly redrawn. Meanwhile, a rising China justifiably seeks to have a major say in redrawing a new world order.

      Perils abound, as the world is failing to remain on its adopted sustainable development path. Global challenges confront humanity, from climate change to the mismanagement of precious water resources. Inequality, extreme poverty and hunger afflict over one in ten of the human family, and we are barely coming out of a raging pandemic without having learned the lessons of how to prepare for the next one.

      Global challenges require a global response... It is at times like these that we need to go back to the fundamental concept of human rights, and to reinforce the universal call for the respect of these rights. We need to re-emphasize our common humanity, and call to the better angels of our nature.

      Accordingly, I decided to issue a second edition of this little book of essays that I had published in Azerbaijan two years ago, because it is in these difficult times that we must remind ourselves that Human Rights are for now, and forever.

      Ismail Serageldin

      June 2024

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      Table of Contents

      Preface to the Second Edition.......................................................................................................5

      I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................11

      II. Human Rights and the Supportive State ..................................................................13

      III. Human Rights and Human Security ...........................................................................35

      V. Terrorism and the Constitutional Guarantees of Freedom ............................43

      VI. Moments from the American Past .................................................................................53

      VII. Srebrenica: Reflections on a Dark Past and a Bright Future .......................61

      I. Introduction

      I have had the occasion to speak at many public venues, and few topics are as close to my heart as the centrality of Human Rights in any concept of Development. This was well-captured in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which speak of the abolition of poverty and hunger, of reduction of inequalities within and between countries, and of proper management of our relations with the earth. And yes, I do consider proper guardianship of our ecological system to be also part of our duties to current and future generations. We should curb our pollution and our destructive systems of production and extraction because our children and grandchildren should be entitled to clean air, clean water and fertile soils, not to mention a living and vibrant biological diversity. These are their rights, by virtue of being human. They too should be considered Human Rights. This has led some to argue that we should be looking beyond the classical definition of Human Rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) towards a new concept of Human Security.

      Therefore, I thought it would be appropriate at this time when the geopolitical forces are reshaping the Global World Order, to share some of my writings on Human Rights. Some of these writings were the result of remarks delivered in various meetings, many of which were organized by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC) whose Board of Trustees I have the honor to co-chair. Others are statements I made on different occasions that called for discussion at particular events (such as the launch and the need for of the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Center). Others like the opening essay in this collection, are part of a bigger project that I have not yet published.

      The opening essay entitled Human Rights and the Supportive State speaks about the history of Human Rights, but emphasizes that Human Rights will only be truly respected in a supportive sovereign state. In it, I argue further that such a supportive state has to be a democratic state, with checks and balances, free press and a vigorous civil society.

      The second essay, entitled Human Rights and Human Security is taken from my collection of reflections and explorations of the themes that were broached at the Global Baku Forum held in Azerbaijan 16-18 June of this year 2022. These reflections also lead me to argue that again, democracy

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