Social Inclusions: A Litmus Test for the Efficacy of Human Rights

While laws all over the world guarantee equality between groups of people, there is structural inequality that excludes vulnerable groups in existing power structures. This cannot be afforded at a moral, pragmatic, or legal level. Those people who are in positions of authority in the hierarchy have established norms that protect the interests of the powerful; we need a just order that restructures this inequality. How do we measure social exclusion, and how do we shape that into a meaningful discourse about how to guarantee rights for all? This chapter is part of Module 2: How Do International Legal Frameworks and Institutions Interact with the Development Agenda? 

This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.