Then I would like a dishwasher, please

The international human rights have created monumental changes in the world and in world history. They express, more beautifully than anything else, the vision that all citizens in the world deserve a life in dignity, freedom and security. This vision should be the foundation for both foreign policy, development policy, international cooperation and for day-to-day leadership and management.

“Then I would like a dishwasher, please” is an academic review and a practitioner’s guide to a human rights-based strategy with stories from places and people from all over the world.

The human rights should be used not only as goals, but also as a strategy based on the human rights principles: Accountability, transparency, participation and equality.

The book argues that a human rights-based strategy can and should be used at all levels and everywhere. A rights-based strategy can bring solid progress and positive change in both a country, a company and in civil society.

Change must be shaped by people themselves from within and from below. This is development with dignity.
This is how we can change the world.