Title : The Power of Justice, Justice as Power: observations on the trajectory of the international human rights movement
Discussion Paper No : 12 (series 1)
Author(s) : Jon Lunn
Date : September 2005
Abstract: This paper reviews
the ongoing debates about justice within the international human
rights movement and the strategies that have flowed from these
debates. It begins by briefly identifying the changing
historical and social bases, and accompanying
culture-ideologies, over time of key international players in
this drama and examines how they have impacted upon the actions
of governments and multilateral bodies such as the UN. In doing
so, it charts the emergence of what can be termed the ‘power of
justice/justice as power’ nexus that the author believes is now
emerging.