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Questionwhat is the purpose of public international law if there are no effective enforcement mechanisms to apply it? Maria KyriacouAnswer
Ashok Gangadean: I find this question very interesting. Because the presumption of effective enforcement of international law is a model that we need some force to enforce the following of internation law.
I’d like to back up a bit and just think about that question. Because I think it’s imperative that we recognize international-- I’d rather call it global law, global norms, global values-- that protect the sanctity of all human beings and human dignities and human freedoms across this planet, and other species as well, including the planet. We need, for example, The Earth Charter, is an attempt to formulate global norms and values and a kind of consciousness of planetary global consciousness that goes with The Earth Charter. That remind us that we are in a global world and sharing across all of our own borders, as beings sharing this planet. We absolutely need global norms and global values and global institutions and global law to remind us of that. And hopefully, when we are in the global consciousness, whence these laws come, you will not need forces to enforce and intervene, to have them be a living reality.
So the purpose of the international global norms and laws and regulations across our border is absolutely imperative in this global age. Whether or not we have external mechanisms to enforce them. So,the presumption is that we can enforce them ourselves in self regulation, in self organization, in our local forms of life and local ecologies in which we live, rather than needing an intervention. Obviously though, in transition from the old cultural ways, the ego-based cultures to the cultures based upon awakened consciousness, there may be the need for strong intervention to bring about the shift from the old cultural way to a sustainable healthy culture that’s based on living these global norms and values that protect the sanctity of all life and the dignity of all human beings and all species and of Mother Earth.
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