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2 Commonalities Between Requirements for the ERA and Requirements for Other Activities
Pages 15-18

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... It is impossible to understand correlation concepts if we use only one of them." One participant said that while he agreed that the term human duties is probably appropriate in today's world for people's obligations to one another, the present generation also has responsibilities to protect the rights of future generations. Wiese} noted, "it is good that intelligent people disagree and discuss matters.
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... ~ think the procedures and interventions that have been developed by various organizations do not differ so much. ~ suppose that fact In itself would mean that there is some positive effect." Another participant added that everyone who has been personally involved in trying to help victims of human rights abuses knows that writing appeals makes a difference, although it does not necessarily mean the person is released from jail.
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... Governments do pay attention to them." Wiese} concluded by saying that "sometimes in life you have to do what you think is right in order to correct a situation, and you do it because it is the right thing to do and you have the means available to try to help resolve it. Sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed." A Private Network Web Site Wiesel announced a private Web site created and maintained by the CHR for its members and accessible to national academies that create their own Herman rights committees and are active in the Network.
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... With the distinguished and knowledgeable people around this table, and the support of their academies, we could go a very long way. We have tried to build slowly and carefully, so as to have a solid base from which to develop a truly effective Network." An Overview In response to a question about how cases brought to the Network are selected for action, CoriBon explained that the CHR has more than 300 cases, but if the Network were to try to work on that many cases, it would risk overwhelming the member academies.
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