Global Social Justice

Global Social Justice is an initiative aimed at producing, collecting and distributing information about global social development. Our aim is to promote global social justice that goes beyond poverty reduction and can tackle global inequality. It will imply to re-think development and to focus on respect for universal human rights.

Today’s world has unsustainable income inequalities and globalization is thriving on them. They threaten political and social stability and are barriers to the free movement of peoples. Solutions will involve national as well as global responsibilities. National governments will always remain responsible for the well-being of their citizens but a world with social justice implies that rich countries understand the interdependency of all and act accordingly.

Social justice is also a global public good for which the international community is responsible. It is a concept that can help to promote global income redistribution in a better way than the current development cooperation policies. Obviously, it is based on the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural rights, as well as the Right to Development.

We want to pay attention to all initiatives that can promote the emergence of a world where every human being not only has enough to eat, a roof over her head, education and health services, but also decent work and social protection. It means that states should have the resources for implementing all necessary policies. Globalization should be made socially and ecologically sustainable. Therefore, it is necessary to globalize solidarity, based on the obligation of all states to cooperate in order to achieve the universal respect for and observance of all human rights and freedoms.