Today's world is post-colonial and post-Cold War. These twin characteristics explain why international society is also riddled with the two major forms of injustice which can be identified as afflicting national societies. First, the economic and social disparities between States caused outcry in the 1950s when the first steps were taken towards decolonization. These inequalities, to which a number of emerging States contributed, are still glaring and still pose the problem of the gap between formal equality and true equality. Second, international society is increasingly confronted with...