Economic Globalisation and Human Rights

A 2007 assessment of the relationship between economic globalisation and human rights.

Introduction Koen De Feyter; Part I. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights and Economic Globalisation: 1. Economic globalisation, globalist stories of the state, and human rights Jernej Pikalo; 2. Towards a theory of global ethics in support of human rights George Ulrich; 3. Localising human rights Koen De Feyter; 4. Globalisation and social rights Adalberto Perulli; Part II. The Relevance of Human Rights for International Economic Organisations: 5. The World Trade Organization and human rights Wolfgang Benedek; 6. Making trade policies more accountable and human rights-consistent: a NGO perspective of using human rights Instruments in the case of access to medicines Davinia Ovett; 7. The Bretton Woods Institutions and human rights: converging tendencies Laurence Boisson de Chazournes; Part III. International Corporate Accountability: 8. Alternative perspectives on international responsibility for human rights violations by multinational corporations Francesco Francioni; 9. Human rights, arbitration, and corporate social responsibility in the law of international trade Fabrizio Marrella; Part IV: 10. General conclusions Wolfgang Benedek and Fabrizio Marrella.