What does a human rights approach have to contribute to social justice work?
Because human rights is based on global norms and standards and uses a commonly understood language, it links U.S. social justice work to other worldwide struggles to create a more just world. Rights activists in this country increasingly are aware of the global interconnections between social justice efforts in the U.S. and those in other countries; and in that context human rights becomes a powerful organizing tool in communities as well as a framework for better understanding the causes and consequences of injustice.
