Children for Human Rights

Youth for Human Rights International is doing an extraordinary job of reminding communities and society that human rights are important. They are also doing a great job of pulling us back from our legalistic obsessions (or realism!) with tracing the origin of human rights to determine their validity. Whenever something is framed in the language of rights, it becomes an issue of stark realism: where did the rights come from? Are they justified? Are they contrivances for the gain of some, while disadvantaging others? Indeed, the legitimacy of these questions is not in question, what is in question is the inescapable hold of realism that digs into what claims human rights guarantee or what interests they protect, not to learn the truth, but to discard it with a hideous sophistry that can't be helped. Even if the probe is serious and has no hidden agenda, too little attention is paid to the felt element; deep down there is a sense that human survival is not just instinctive, it's reasoned, planned (... by design?), mandated in some fashion. Youth for human rights have picked this up evidenced by their generosity and compassion. Their work which includes helping in the building of schools in poorer, less fortunate parts of the world shows it.