Are Norms Liberal?

... rather one of preserving normativity. Rules become ‘fairer’ as human civilisation develops – the reason for the rapid development of the observance and protection of human rights since the second half of the 20th century has little to do with liberalism as such Every society needs norms. At the initial stage of human development, this role was carried out by customs – in the exact same way that customary international law helped to bring (some of the) war criminals to justice during the Nuremberg tribunals and continues to play an important role in international relations to this day (for example, in matters related to the delimitation of maritime borders)....