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transnational justice movements  

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  • Transnational justice movements or global justice movements refer to networked organizational or individual actors seeking legal redress and, more broadly, challenging diverse oppressions across national boundaries within contemporary global capitalist societies. Often, transnational justice movements refer to associations working internationally for formal legal redress for victims of industrial and environmental disasters or to bring war criminals before national, regional, or international courts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Justice Movements, Transnational]

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