For good reasons, the human rights community tends to focus on the short term. César Rodríguez-Garavito explains why current challenges like the climate crisis and rising populist authoritarianism require a new, more "timeful" approach—one that strengthens both long-term vision and immediate action. This is the first in OpenGlobalRights' new video series, The Sandbox: Ideas for Social Change. For more on timeful human rights, visit https://www.openglobalrights.org/for-human-rights-to-have-a-future-we-must-consider-time/.