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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Main Author: Joseph, Sara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013
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Online Access:https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/118676/1/454396.pdf
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505 0 |a 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. 
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