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- Title
Common Wealth.
- Authors
Booth, Cherie; du Plessis, Max
- Abstract
After reviewing developments in human rights law and international law – in particular the domestication of international human rights law and the rise of the democratic norm in international law – the importance of these developments for the Commonwealth and for its member states is highlighted and linked to many of the programmes and policies that the Commonwealth Secretariat has recently launched. This paper discusses these developments and others in order to stress the wealth of potential advantages for Commonwealth member states and their citizens that flow from a common commitment under the rule of law to human rights and democracy. The authors endeavour to show that such wealth is more than mere economic benefit – as important as that undoubtedly is – and that citizens stand to reap a moral system of government, one which expands the opportunities for popular participation in political processes and puts an end to social practices that marginalise some citizens and empower others.
- Subjects
COMMONWEALTH countries; HUMAN rights; INTERNATIONAL law
- Publication
Modern Law Review, 2003, Vol 66, Issue 6, p837
- ISSN
0026-7961
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1468-2230.2003.06606002.x