Sarah Joseph

Blame It on the WTO?

A Human Rights Critique

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Produktbeschreibung

The WTO is often accused of not paying enough attention to human rights. This book weighs these criticisms and examines their validity, both from a legal and from political and economic points of views. It asks whether the WTO is under an obligation to construct a fairer trade system and discusses suggestions for reform.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199689767
• ISBN-10: 0199689768
• Artikelnr.: 39171628

Autorenporträt

Sarah Joseph is a Professor of Human Rights Law, and the Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University in Melbourne. She has numerous publications on human rights, in areas such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, corporations and human rights, terrorism and human rights, self-determination, and now global trade and human rights. She is also an expert on Australian constitutional law, having co-written a leading text on that issue. She has taught human rights in many settings, both international and local, for over 15 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Introducing the WTO and International Human Rights Regimes
2: The 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: xtraterritorial Human Rights Duties
9: WTO Reform, The Doha Round, and Other Free Trade Initiatives
10: Conclusion