Nestle Supports Right to Food? (3)
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There could hardly be a better illustration to Claudio's concerns in
his recent "Neutral food for non-neutral thoughts" than this Nestle-
Nigeria appropriation of the right to food.
I think we have feared that this would happen. It is however the
first I hear about of the sort. What to do? Can we think of some con-
certed expression of concern? Or just leave it in order not to awaken
sleeping dogs - but how long will they sleep? I'd be interested in
the readers' opinions. W.
Also from: w.b.eide@basalmed.uio.no
Re: Neutral food for non-neutral thoughts
I just read through this piece ('The ideological neutrality of human
rights is its greatest strength, but its proponents should not be
neutral in engaging to achieve them'*) and could not agree more with
Claudio about the risk that everybody now will join what could become
a bandwagon, without bothering to go through the tedious requirements
of learning and understanding what it is really about. We should dis-
cuss this more. There is a real danger for "inflation" indeed, and
one cannot help asking "...where were they (= those who now easily
join!) at the time when the work was really so hard and uphill in the
beginning .... the lack of support for years will be remembered while
one must indeed welcome those who really now are trying, simply be-
cause they now do understand more! My personal encouragement that it
is possible lies in some of the very successful outcomes of the re-
cent national human rights seminars, notably in Uganda and Mali in
particular. Some material from these will soon be posted on our web-
site.
mailto:w.b.eide@basalmed.uio.no
*: Human Rights Reader 43
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