"As men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. As they could not fortify justice they have justified force, so that right and might live together and peace reigns, the sovereign good."

(Blaise Pascal, French philisopher, 1623-1662)

 

This perception of right as the right of the stronger is valid until today. Law courts around the world still favour the rich against the poor, due to various reasons. Right is therefore often the opposite of justness.

 

But with John Locke and others, the 17^th century also became the beginning of the age of enlightment, catalysing the development of human rights. Being still compatible with the ideas of slavery, colonialism, suppression of the working classes and of women, the idea of human rights was then refined by the socialist movement. Labour rights emerged, and began a triumphal procession into the legal frameworks of almost every state in the world.

 

The challenge of today is mostly the implementation of these already existing rights of the less powerful. LARRGE promotes CSR to pave the way for the implementation of binding international standards.

For that right becomes justness!