5 Rethinking legitimacy in international law

The ALBA-TCP's place for justice

Mohsen al Attar and Edward Miller

 

The heads of state and government … [e]ntrust the recently constituted ALBA-TCP Working Group for International Law, Self-Determination, Respect for Sovereignty and Human Rights to present the general lineaments for the creation of an instance to contribute to the debate and construction of an international position based on the reformulation of these issues grounded in our peoples' integral, inter-cultural vision.

(ALBA-TCP, 2009, Part II, Principle 20)1

Europe's position at the heart of international law is generally unquestioned. While the Third World has invariably contributed to its development, it remains predominantly an ...

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