María Belén Olmos Giupponi

Rethinking Free Trade, Economic Integration and Human Rights in the Americas (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This monograph offers the first systematic overview of the protection of human rights in trade agreements in the Americas. Traditionally, trade agreements in the Americas were concerned with economic questions and paid little attention to human rights. However, in the wake of the 'new regionalism', which emerged at the end of the last century, more clauses addressing social issues such as labour rights and environmental standards were inserted in trade agreements. As economic integration increased, a framework for the protection of human rights evolved. This book argues that this framework allows for human rights protection on a transnational level, while constructing regional identities. Looking at the four key regional integration processes, namely the Caribbean Community, the Central American Integration System, the Andean Community of Nations and the Southern Common Market, and also at the North American Free Trade Agreement, it shows how the integration process has reached a considerable degree of consolidation. Writing on key sources in English for the first time, this book will be essential reading for all free trade and human rights scholars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509904525
• Artikelnr.: 47400970

Autorenporträt

María Belén Olmos Giupponi is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Liverpool Hope University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Free Trade and Protection of Human Rights in the Americas I.
Introduction II. Historical Overview of Integration in Latin America and
the Caribbean III. Free Trade Agreements and Integration in the Americas:
The Current Scenario IV. Making Free Trade Agreements More 'Human
Rights-Friendly' V. Trade and Development in the Americas: Balancing Trade
and the Protection of Human Rights VI. Principles Governing the Recognition
and Protection of Human Rights in the Integration Agreements VII. The
Social Dimension and the Protection of Human Rights in the Integration
Process in Latin America and the Caribbean 2. The North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) and The Protection of Human Rights I. Introduction II.
NAFTA as an 'asymmetric trade agreement' III. Human rights: environmental
protection IV. NAFTA Environmental and Labour Side Agreements V. NAFTA and
migration VI. Perspectives of NAFTA regarding the protection of human
rights 3. The Protection of Human Rights in the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) I. Introduction II. Evolution and instruments on human rights
adopted within CARICOM III. The protection of economic, social and cultural
rights within CARICOM IV. The recognition of the right to freedom of
movement and the creation of the 'Caribbean citizenship' V. The
institutions of the Caribbean Community and the protection of human rights
VI. Assessing the implementation of the CARICOM human rights provisions in
practice 4. The Protection of Human Rights within the Central American
Integration System (SICA) I. Introduction II. The Main Features of the
Central American Integration Process and the Issues Relating to Human
Rights III. The Gradual Adoption of Legal Instruments Relating to the
Protection of Human Rights IV. The Central American Social Dimension and
the Safeguarding of Human Rights V. The Hierarchy of the Legal Instruments
on the Protection of Human Rights VI. The Gradual Emergence of a 'Central
American Citizenship' VII. The Institutions of the Central American
Integration System and the Protection of Human Rights VIII. Challenges for
the Protection of Human Rights in SICA 5. The Andean Community and the
Protection of Human Rights I. Introduction II. Characteristics of Andean
Integration Linked to Protection of Human Rights III. Andean Social
Integration and the Safeguarding of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
IV. The Status of Elements of Human Rights Recognition and Protection in
the Andean Area: Andean Regulations and Human Rights V. The Progressive
Construction of the 'Andean Citizenship' from a Human Rights Perspective
VI. Challenges for the Andean Community Concerning the Protection of Human
Rights 6. The Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) and the Protection of
Human Rights I. Introduction II. Step-by-Step: The Creation of a MERCOSUR
'Human Rights System' III. The Role of MERCOSUR Bodies in the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights IV. The Social Dimension in MERCOSUR and its
Contribution to the Protection of Human Rights V. An Appraisal of the
Implementation of MERCOSUR Legal Instruments VI. The Actors of the Social
Dimension in MERCOSUR and Human Rights Issues VII. New Perspectives of the
Social Dimension of MERCOSUR: The Consolidation of a 'MERCOSUR Citizenship'
VIII. UNASUR and the Protection of Human Rights IX. Challenges for the
Protection of Human Rights in MERCOSUR 7. Conclusions I. Regional
Integration and Human Rights in the Americas: Accomplishments and
Challenges