International Policy Context

MJ is justice on a micro-level, taking the person and their vulnerability as the point of departure. MJ entails providing vulnerable people with legal protection and access to the entitlements of the country in which they live.

 

Since the mid-18th century, the philosophy of justice has developed with a focus on creating an enlightened citizen in the post-ancien regime democracy, which had to be developed afresh.  This philosophy does not take into account the vulnerability of the person, who needs to be legally empowered in order to become a citizen. Furthermore, this philosophy of justice is theoretical, top-down, and dependent on the culture of the country. It has largely worked in the West, but has often been dysfunctional in other cultures.

 

 

Since the millennium, a more practical philosophy of justice has been developed. This philosophy takes into account the vulnerability of the person, and their need for protection and empowerment. MJ facilitates this transition from the vulnerable person to the legally empowered and protected citizen. Microjustice is a universal form of justice on a micro level in practice. It is not about judging the state but about arranging the technicalities so that people can be protected and connected to the society in which they live.

 

In 2012, the International Intelligence Council has identified the empowerment of the individual as a new trend . This is also reflected in Global Goal 16 that links peaceful, inclusive societies to access to justice and transparent institutions on all levels.  Peaceful and inclusive societies, that provide access to justice have to include and protect all persons. The importance of legal empowerment of the poor has been recognized since 2005 when the Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor was established. The doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect of 2001 emphasizes protection of non-included (marginalized) groups and vulnerable persons in order to prevent violent conflict and to rebuild war-torn societies. Protection of the vulnerable person is the point of departure.

 

 

 

 

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