Institutional implications of global justice as impartiality: Cosmopolitan democracy

Van Den Anker, Christien

Abstract

This article develops an argument on the type of implications a theory of global justice as impartiality would generate for global institutions. The main conclusion is that a theory of citizenship including political obligations towards fellow citizens could be used as a basis for a theory of global citizenship with duties towards fellow human beings. The article ends with a sketch of improvements to existing institutions like the United Nations and the Human rights doctrine, especially the inclusion of the aim of democracy in international law.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2006
• Journal: Global Society
• Print ISSN: 1360-0826
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-798X
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 267-285
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13600820600816274
• Keywords: global justice, impartiality, cosmopolitan, democracy, cosmopolitanism, human rights
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1041919
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13600820600816274
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This article is part of a special issue on Cosmopolitan Institutions, edited by Christien Van den Anker