Blame it on the WTO? : a human rights critique

Blame it on the WTO? a human rights critique

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is often accused of, at best, not paying enough attention to human rights or, at worst, facilitating and perpetuating human rights abuses. This book weighs these criticisms and examines their validity, incorporating legal arguments as well as some economic and poli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Joseph, Sarah, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, England : Oxford University Press 2013.
Materias:
World Trade Organization.
Human rights.
Foreign trade regulation > Political aspects.
Human rights > Economic aspects.
Foreign trade regulation.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430915606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of cases
  • Table of conventions, declarations, and other instruments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Introducing the WTO and international human rights law regimes
  • 2 Relationship between the WTO and international human rights law
  • 3 Democratic deficit and the WTO
  • 4 ‘Human rights’ restrictions on trade
  • 5 The WTO, poverty, and development
  • 6 The WTO and the right to food
  • 7 TRIPS and the right to health
  • 8 Extraterritorial human rights duties
  • 9 WTO reform, the Doha Round, and other free trade initiatives
  • 10 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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