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Today's world is post-colonial and post-Cold War. These twin characteristics explain why international society is also riddled with the two major forms of injustice which can be identified as afflicting national societies. First, the economic and social disparities between States caused outcry in the 1950s when the first steps were taken towards decolonization. These inequalities, to which a number of emerging States contributed, are still glaring and still pose the problem of the gap between formal equality and true equality. Second, international society is increasingly confronted with culture- and identity-related claims, stretching the dividing line between equality and difference. The less-favored States (those that feel stigmatized), as well as native peoples, ethnic groups, minorities, and women, now aspire to both legal recognition of their equal dignity and the protection of their identities and cultures. Some even seek reparation for injustices arising from the past violation of their identities and the confiscation of their property or land. In answer to these two forms of injustice claims, the subjects of international society have come up with two types of remedy encap

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Author
Emmanuelle Tourme-Jouannet
Publisher
Hart Publishing; Bloomsbury
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9781847310194
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
True Crime, Law, Philosophy
Updated
2026-03-24

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