An interesting comment on Farmaid from a native American farmer when talking about farming.
W are not born with rights, we are born with responsibilities.
Quite interesting, especially if you compare it to the wording in Genesis.
God spoke: “Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature
Genesis 1 26
So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle,
And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth.”
Responsibility for the planet.
There are a number of human rights texts around. Two of the ones that are important to us are the universal declaration and the European Human Rights convention. There are others, but these are the most important to us.
The European Convention is based on the Universal Declaration. What I find interesting is Article 29 in the Universal Declaration, which I cannot find in the European Convention.
(1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
Article 29 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
“Everyone has duties to the community”. So what are the duties we have?