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Eye on Politics & Law Lords: Majority of Citizens Face a Bridge with a Toll Too High to Pay
With their connection to civil society, I firmly believe that sociologists can assist this process of discerning new and imaginative ways that governments, corporations and international financial institutions can be held accountable for achieving the goals and fulfilling their human-rights obligations. The majority of citizens in our world face a bridge with a toll too high to pay. The wide discrepancies they face can seem insurmountable, and many no longer believe in global equity or global social justice, backed by concrete and consistent actions by all.
Fifty-five years ago, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, Eleanor Roosevelt reminded us that if human rights are to matter at all, they must matter "in small places close to home." That is the challenge for sociologists and for human-rights activists. If we fail, we have no excuse, because we are better equipped than ever.
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