4.5. Pros and Cons of Globalization Pros: •
Expansion of democratic culture, HRs, and the
protection of historically minority and subaltern groups •
Innovations in science, medicine, and technology and ICT
leading to improvement of quality of life. –
Agricultural technological expansion leading to lifting out of millions of people
out of poverty •
Technological and social revolution significantly
contributed to
advancement of human security and safety –
Free movement of goods, services, people, ideas,
expertise, knowledge and technology across national borders
strengthen international interdependence. • This created a sense of
global society/global citizenship and
global civil society –
Responsibility of states to protect their citizens and the
shared responsibility of the global society for protecting vulnerable groups from HRs violations and victimization
•
Rapid economic growth in some countries of the
Global South 
