PHA-Exch> Social Justice in an Open World

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from : EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

 *World Day of Social Justice *



The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed *20 February as World
Day of Social Justice*. The day was to be observed for the first time in
2009.



Website: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntlJustice/index.html


Member states were invited to devote this special day to the promotion of
concrete national activities in accordance with the objectives and goals of
the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth session of the
General Assembly, entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond:
achieving social development for all in a globalizing world”.


As recognized by the World Summit, social development aims at social
justice, solidarity, harmony and equality within and among countries and
social justice, equality and equity constitute the fundamental values of all
societies. To achieve “a society for all” governments made a commitment to
the creation of a framework for action to promote social justice at
national, regional and international levels. They also pledged to promote
the equitable distribution of income and greater access to resources through
equity and equality and opportunity for all. The governments recognized as
well that economic growth should promote equity and social justice and that
“a society for all” must be based on social justice and respect for all
human rights and fundamental freedoms.


The observance of the day should contribute to the further consolidation of
the efforts of the international community in poverty eradication, promotion
of full employment and decent work, gender equity and access to social
well-being and justice for all.



The International Forum for Social Development

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Social Justice in an Open World*

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*The Role of the United Nations *



PDF [157p.] at:
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/ifsd/SocialJustice.pdf



*Content: *

Foreword

Introduction

*1 Dimensions of international justice and social justice *

1.1 International justice: legal and developmental aspects

1.2 Social justice: a recent and politically charged concept

1.3 Social justice: the equivalent of distributive justice

1.4 Economic justice: a component of social justice

1.5 Universal grounds for the determination of what is just and what is
unjust

1.6 Three critical domains of equality and equity

1.7 Six important areas of inequality in the distribution of goods,
opportunities and rights

1.8 The need for further distinction and greater precision

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*2 Rising inequalities among countries *

2.1 National sovereignty and the right of intervention

2.2 Equality among Member States and inequalities in power

2.3 The developmental aspect of international justice: a legitimate concern?


2.4 Evidence of the decline in international justice from a developmental
perspective

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*3 Rising inequalities among people *

3.1 Issues relating to the reliability and diversity of sources of
information

3.2 Trends in six major areas of inequality among people

3.3 Progress in critical aspects of “horizontal” equality
3.4 Economic justice and social injustice: the current state of affairs

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*4 International justice and the United Nations: from the new international
economic order to the*

*Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals *

4.1 Auspicious beginnings for development and international cooperation

4.2 Questioning the development model and seeking a new distribution of
power in the world

4.3 A new consensus: the Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development
Goals

4.4 International justice through cooperation and partnership

4.5 Critical views on the prevalent conception of international justice .

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5 Social justice and the United Nations: the divide between human rights and
economic and social development *

5.1 Auspicious beginnings for the promotion of human rights and justice

5.2 Social justice seen as a substitute for the protection of human rights

5.3 The World Summit for Social Development: an attempt to reconcile social
justice and the protection of human rights

5.4 The short life of the commitments made in Copenhagen

5.5 The focus on poverty eradication

*6 Are international justice and social justice politically obsolete
concepts? . *

6.1 Less redistribution because of lack of resources?

6.2 The effect of different policies on patterns of distribution

6.3 A great political and ideological transformation with strong
implications for the idea of distributional justice

6.4 The dangers of a world indifferent to justice

*7 Concluding notes on the role of the United Nations*

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*ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization*

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*International Labour Conference at its Ninety-seventh Session, Geneva, 10
June 2008*


PDF [25p.] at:
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---cabinet/documents/publication/wcms_099766.pdf
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