The right to be a person, not a thingMargaret AtwoodFacebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Linda Nylind for the GuardianPeople, we have a problem. The first is a matter of definition: who or what is a human being, entitled to the rights spelled out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? This would reinforce the message to women that their bodies are things, and have no human rights.) To forestall this sad state of affairs, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should add a clause concerning the Right to Refuse Ittiness. Facebook Twitter Pinterest French president Emmanuel Macron meets Mamoudou Gassama, who received citizenship after rescuing a toddler hanging from a building.

Source: The Guardian December 08, 2018 09:00 UTC