Social Justice Issues
Ethics and Social Justice Issues within the United Nations
Abstract
Equity and social justice issues have become a global challenge that the world over is confronted with. It has got to a point that even international efforts and systems put in place have become overwhelmed with theories than realities. The United Nations which has purposely been formed to address human rights and social justice issues has in itself been bedeviled with gross inequalities and injustices. Attempt is made to show case some pitfalls on ethical and social justice issues within the UN systems and the agencies that all work to meeting its mandate of creating a peaceful world.
A careful attention is drawn to the organizational setting of the United Nations with …show more content…
This they do through the Security Council which in effect enforces the strict adherence to the core values of human rights, liberty and social justice and equality. A case in point is the utilitarian stands taken by the Security Council to liberate the people of Libya from the oppressive regimes of Colonel Muamar Gadaffi (The Dilemma of Humanitarian Intervention – Council). But within the UN the issues of social justice and equity in its operations raises a red flag. One of such issues is the discrimination in the structure of the United Nations remunerations, wages or salaries. This form of discrimination is thought to be fashioned after what Fredrickson, G. (1990) term as “Segmented Equality” premised on “equal pay for equal work”. However, the extent to which the spirit and intent of Fredrickson’s principle is applied in the practical sense within UN system may lead another layer of debate (p. …show more content…
The presence of powerful nations and weaker nations is an impediment to meeting a common ground in decision making. The super powers whose huge contributions to the UN puts them above others may likely affect how decisions are taken at the Security Council. Therefore, in addressing the issues of human rights abuses committed on citizens in member countries, the existence of these permanent members who could veto resolutions of the UN due to their strategic foreign policy and interests is a factor to be critically considered.
Other difficulties to be faced are land tenure systems that vary in member countries. As evident in the situation faced by the Mapuche tribe of Chile, the system of land ownership is a challenge to the right of minority especially indigenous groups to acquire or reclaim ancestral lands. National legislations on land ownership could definitely be a major hindrance to the UN in promoting equal rights for the world’s indigenous people and minorities.
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Abstract
Equity and social justice issues have become a global challenge that the world over is confronted with. It has got to a point that even international efforts and systems put in place have become overwhelmed with theories than realities. The United Nations which has purposely been formed to address human rights and social justice issues has in itself been bedeviled with gross inequalities and injustices. Attempt is made to show case some pitfalls on ethical and social justice issues within the UN systems and the agencies that all work to meeting its mandate of creating a peaceful world.
A careful attention is drawn to the organizational setting of the United Nations with …show more content…
This they do through the Security Council which in effect enforces the strict adherence to the core values of human rights, liberty and social justice and equality. A case in point is the utilitarian stands taken by the Security Council to liberate the people of Libya from the oppressive regimes of Colonel Muamar Gadaffi (The Dilemma of Humanitarian Intervention – Council). But within the UN the issues of social justice and equity in its operations raises a red flag. One of such issues is the discrimination in the structure of the United Nations remunerations, wages or salaries. This form of discrimination is thought to be fashioned after what Fredrickson, G. (1990) term as “Segmented Equality” premised on “equal pay for equal work”. However, the extent to which the spirit and intent of Fredrickson’s principle is applied in the practical sense within UN system may lead another layer of debate (p. …show more content…
The presence of powerful nations and weaker nations is an impediment to meeting a common ground in decision making. The super powers whose huge contributions to the UN puts them above others may likely affect how decisions are taken at the Security Council. Therefore, in addressing the issues of human rights abuses committed on citizens in member countries, the existence of these permanent members who could veto resolutions of the UN due to their strategic foreign policy and interests is a factor to be critically considered.
Other difficulties to be faced are land tenure systems that vary in member countries. As evident in the situation faced by the Mapuche tribe of Chile, the system of land ownership is a challenge to the right of minority especially indigenous groups to acquire or reclaim ancestral lands. National legislations on land ownership could definitely be a major hindrance to the UN in promoting equal rights for the world’s indigenous people and minorities.
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