In consequence of the economic globalization and technical revolution the global economic system has largely separated from national legal frameworks.The primacy of politics has disappeared, since political core structures still remain national or continental but have not become global. By Prof. Dr. Dr. Franz Josef Radermacher

The world needs balance. The extremes harm us. We need balance between rich and poor, ecology and economy, order and freedom, and public goods and private wealth. By Prof. Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

The world health report 2007 focuses on building a safer future.

Across the capitals of the world, heads of state and governments are making plans for one of the most important meetings of the early 21st century. The 2005 World Summit, taking place in early September in New York, aims to deliver a new and strengthened United Nations in areas from the security to human rights. By Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer

Among the ideas that guide our life and give dignity to our strivings, the idea of justice has a peculiar position. Certainly a life without esthetic enjoyments would be boring, perhaps dull. By Vittorio Hösle

Action Now for Peace, Global Justice and a Sustainable Future. By Mikhail Gorbachev

The seven social sins of humanity:
1. wealth without work
2. pleasure without conscience
3. knowledge without character
4. commerce without morality
5. science without humanity
6. worship without sacrifice
7. politics without principles
Mahatma Gandhi1

Powerful governments and armed groups are deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights and to create an increasingly polarized and dangerous world, said Amnesty International today as it launched Amnesty International Report 2007, its annual assessment of human rights worldwide.

New UNEP Report Shows Just How Hot It's Getting. Lives and Livelihoods of Hundreds of Millions if not Billions in Many Parts of the World Influenced by Ice and Snow Losses Linked to Climate Change.

The year 2006 saw a host of sad events unfold. The Chinese authorities in Tibet did not show any sign of let-up. Throughout the year, various human rights abuses in Tibet were documented affecting both the civil and political rights, and economic, social and cultural rights of the Tibetan people.