20-February World Day of Social Justice:

Proclamation of the Day:

The International Labour Organization unanimously adopted the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization on 10 June 2008. This is the third primary assertion of concepts and rules adopted with the aid of the International Labour Conference because of ILO’s Constitution of 1919. It builds on the Philadelphia Declaration of 1944 and the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998. The 2008 Declaration expresses the present day vision of the ILO’s mandate in the generation of globalization.

On 26 November 2007, the General Assembly declared that, beginning from the 63rd consultation of the General Assembly, 20 February will be celebrated yearly because of the World Day of Social Justice.

Social Justice and Digital Economy:

The digital financial system is transforming the arena of labor. Over the beyond decade, growth in broadband connectivity, cloud computing, and data have brought about the proliferation of virtual systems, which have penetrated several sectors of the economy and societies. Since early 2020, the outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought about far off working arrangements and allowed for the continuation of many commercial enterprise activities, further reinforcing the boom and impact of the digital financial system. The crisis has additionally laid bare and exacerbated the growing virtual divide inside, among and across evolved and growing countries, mainly in phrases of the supply, affordability and use of records ICTs and get right of entry to the net, deepening existing inequalities.