World Day for Social Justice

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By Terry Orr

"As we seek to build the world we want, let us intensify our efforts to achieve a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable development path built on dialogue, transparency and social justice."

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Message for the 2013 World Day of Social Justice

Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. We uphold the principles of social justice when we promote gender equality or the rights of indigenous peoples and migrants. We advance social justice when we remove barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability.

United Nations, World Court, World Health Organization, - are all basically good ideas - but in reality is each organization facing significant challenges in the implementation of their charters, missions and goals.

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For the United Nations, the pursuit of social justice for all is at the core of our global mission to promote development and human dignity. The adoption by the International Labour Organization of the Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization is just one recent example of the UN system’s commitment to social justice. The Declaration focuses on guaranteeing fair outcomes for all through employment, social protection, social dialogue, and fundamental principles and rights at work.

We can all start by doing the right things in our daily lives: at home, work; within our community; at state and national government levels by getting involved.

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References and Links:

http://www.un.org/en/events/socialjusticeday/