Dying with Dignity

Beyleveld, Beryck; Brownsword, Roger

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“…We are saying to others, this is ours. As Beyleveld and Brownsword (2001) have noted, this is a particular sort of claim. We only have to be able to assert the provenance of our claim -that we purchased or made the thing -for the property to bind the world; the claim to property is to a right that binds the world.…”

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A confluence of new technology and the right to water: experience and potential from South Africa’s constitution and commons

2014

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South Africa's groundbreaking constitution explicitly confers a right of access to sufficient water (section 27). But the country is officially 'water-stressed' and around 10% of the population still has no access to on-site or off-site piped or tap water. It is evident that a disconnect exists between this right and the reality for many; however the reasons for the continuation of such discrepancies are not always clear. While barriers to sufficient water are myriad, one significant factor contributing to insufficient and unpredictable access to water is the high percentage of broken water pumps. Previous studies have reported that between 20% and 50% of all hand operated water pumps installed on the African continent are broken, or out of use. Monitoring and maintenance of pumps, which in South Africa is the responsibility of local municipalities is often ineffective, in part due to the distances between municipal centres and rural communities and the consequent costs of site visits, as well as breakdowns within the local bureaucratic system. The emergence of new telemetry tools that can remotely monitor water applications constitutes a novel and cost-efficient alternative to undertaking regular sites visits. Sustainable, Appropriate, Low-cost Telemetry (SALT) systems are emerging that could be used to monitor the operational performance of water pumps, or a wide range of other field parameters, and to communicate this information swiftly and cheaply to water service providers, using SMS messages. Data on the performance of water pumps could also be made available to the public online. This is an example of how ICT can be used for Water Resources Management and environmental regulation, as well as in the governance of socio-economic rights: helping to optimize water allocation by improving communication and strengthening accountability.

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“…Бејлевелд и Браунсорд, настојећи да остварење истог циља обезбиједе нешто друкчијом аргумента-цијом, приписују инхерентну моралну вриједност "могућим аген-тима" ("предострожност налаже агентима", сматрају ови аутори, "да прихвате дужности према очигледно дјелимичним агентима, сразмјерно степену доказа да они можда јесу агенти"). 69 Иако се људско достојанство не може поистовјетити са ау-тономијом, оно не смије прерасти у негацију аутономије. Инси-стирање на достојанству као аргументу за забрану абортуса, нпр.…”

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Људско Достојанство У Областима Биоетике И Биоправа: Апорије Неупитног

Милинковић¹

2017

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“…Im Zusammenhang mit der Begründung von Menschenrechten und der Bestimmung des Begriffs der Menschenwürde schreibt Düwell (in Anlehnung an Beyleveld & Brownsword, 2001) dem Empowerment-Konzept eine zentrale Funktion zu. Empowerment als Konzept hinter den Menschenrechten bedeutet in diesem Fall, "dass die Menschenrechte diejenigen Güter schüt-zen, die zu den Bedingungen selbstbestimmten und gelingenden Lebens zäh-len.…”

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Behinderung und Menschenrechte: Ein Verhältnis auf dem Prüfstand

Wohlgensinger¹

2014

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Dying with Dignity

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A confluence of new technology and the right to water: experience and potential from South Africa’s constitution and commons

A confluence of new technology and the right to water: experience and potential from South Africa’s constitution and commons

Људско Достојанство У Областима Биоетике И Биоправа: Апорије Неупитног

Behinderung und Menschenrechte: Ein Verhältnis auf dem Prüfstand

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