Global Justice and Equity

This thematic engages in normative inquiry on global governance, exploring mechanisms and instruments which may enhance legitimacy, transparency, accountability, fairness and equity.

As a reaction to the limitations of the liberal globalisation orthodoxy, there is a growing interest in normative issues, embodied in terms such as legitimacy, transparency, accountability, and fairness. This research thematic engages in normative inquiry on democratic legitimacy in global governance structures, defined as the acceptance and justification of shared rule by a community. It also contributes to an emergent research agenda on the mechanisms and instruments which may enhance these values at the global level, enabling stakeholders to hold those that govern accountable for their actions.

Related publications, articles and events:

Environmental Justice in a Changing Climate

Contesting the Future of Human Rights

The UK Prison System and Human Rights

Using the Corporate Toolkit to Fix Public Ills

The Prohibition of Torture: Future Priorities

The United Nations Human Rights Regime

Thematic Director

Barnali Choudhury is a Professor of Law at UCL. Her work focuses on the intersection between economic and human rights issues at both international and domestic levels.

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