Thursday, December 11

NOTES 12-10-2008, on this the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UN resolution 194

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world." Eleanor Roosevelt
umkahlil From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Words to Honor: The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood....The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

No Return = No Justice = No Peace
for the men, women and children of Palestine
Mike's Grandson Little Mohammed and Santa Claus
( "Come, I'll tell you about Palestine" www.Hanini.org)

BACKGROUND

"60 years of forced exile is wrong... Palestinians must be allowed to return home!"
FREEDOM & RETURN: A Rights Based Solution to building a just and lasting peace in the Middle East ... Not just the return (al-awda) of the refugees, but also a return to the rule of law and respect for human rights: For more than five decades Palestinian refugees and internally displaced have struggled for a solution to their plight based on UN resolutions and international law, including the right to voluntarily return to their homes and lands of origin from which they were displaced/expelled during wars in 1948 and 1967 and due to other Israeli policies of forced eviction, deportation, etc....

"...will return" by Ismail Shammout

"I remember that our right of return to our original villages and homes is eternal, and nothing can change it...""I remember the rusty keys of our houses in Beit Nateef, keys for doors that exist no more, but keys that have their doors in our hearts and our imagination… keys for doors that were real and have exited, for real houses that were build and have exited, in which real people lived in and brought up children. These rusty keys are still with me. I remember that we were brought up with this eternal belief that the right is the right, and nothing can justify ignoring it. I remember that our right of return to our original villages and homes is eternal, and nothing can change it, neither realities on the ground nor political agreement, because it is not only a collective right, but is as well individual right… it is my right Mr. the president, and the right of my children and grand children and all those who come after wherever they are born..." AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY FROM ABDELFATTAH ABUSROUR Director of Al-Rowwad Cultural and Theatre Training Center
Exile, Exclusion and Isolation: the Palestine Refugee Experience by Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General United Nations Relief and Works Agency To Mark World Refugee Day: 20th June 2008


WHEREAS recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world....Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

Palestinian Refugees Right to Return

Our mission is to support Palestinian refugees and their right to return to Palestine.

  1. The right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and lands is a natural, fundamental, inalienable, legal and historical right
  2. The Right to Return is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Law
  3. The right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and lands was affirmed by UNGA resolution 194 in 1948, and 135 times since
  4. The Right to Return is an individual and collective national right. It cannot be delegated, diminished, reduced or forfeited
  5. For a Factsheet on the Palestinian Right to Return , see http://www.al-awda.org/facts.html
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Sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights!

2008 is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary. It's time for a global conversation about human rights and the values that unite us as one human family. But it can also be a time when each of us chooses to take human rights into our daily lives, by joining a powerful people network.

I wish to take responsibility for upholding the goals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in my daily life and in my community. I will do my best to speak out to protect the freedom and rights of others in my community.

I affirm the following principle: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”

I believe Every Human Has Rights.

Article 1.

    All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood....

"...Universal Echo" a poem in Growing Gardens for Palestine
الصدى الكوني ... حدائق فلسطين النامي
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