Paper presented at meetings organised by the President of the Republic of France and the French government, on 30-31 May 1985 in Paris. On this occasion, the Place du Trocadéro was named the Parvis des Libertés et des Droits de l’Homme (the Plaza of Human Rights and Liberties) by President François Mitterrand.
„Les plus pauvres, moteurs des Droits de l’homme“, in: Joseph Wresinski, Refuser la misère. Une pensée politique née de l’action, Ed. du Cerf / Ed. Quart Monde, Paris 2007, pp. 193-201. Translated from French, January 2012.
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The Poorest – The Driving Force for Human Rights
By Joseph Wresinski
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