Ralph Burkhardt

Germany

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The word human rights is barely visible. A fly points to the words. It caches theattention. The fly should show that these words are already dead. They have no meaning anymore when they are not able to stop the fact that innocent people are dying by other people’s hands. Human Rights – Dead words.
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Death is not justice


Our 2010 project asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty.
For us it’s simple. The death penalty is a violation of human rights. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” How does that fit with beheading, stoning, hanging, lethally injecting or shooting someone?

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Human Rights

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