EU Human Rights, International Investment Law and Participation Operationalizing the EU Foreign Policy Objective to Global Human Rights Protection /

• Main Author: Kube, Vivian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights, 4
• Subjects: Civil rights.; Human rights.; International law.; Trade.; Social responsibility of business.; European Fundamental Rights and Freedoms.; Human Rights.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; Corporate Social Responsibility.

This book demonstrates how human rights obligations of the EU foreign constitution can be operationalized in the realm of international economic regulation. The content is divided into three major parts. The first outlines the legal foundations needed for the EU to become a shaper of international i...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The EU Objective to Global Human Rights Protection and Becoming an Actor in International Investment Law
• Part I
• The Legal Equipment: Competence, Constraints and Objectives
• EU Human Rights as a Framework for Foreign Policies
• The International Investment Competence of the EU
• Part II
• The Context: Entering an Unjust Regime?.-Tensions Between the International Investment Regime and Human Rights: A Regulatory Tilt?
• The EU Approach to International Investment Agreements
• Part III
• Resolving the Failures, Utilizing the Possibilities: Two Proposals
• Assessment and Participation Through Human Rights Impact Assessments
• Consultation and Participation Through Domestic Advisory Groups and Civil Society Meetings
• Concluding Remarks on the EU Obligation to Empower Neglected Interests and on Ways Forward to More Inclusive Global Economic Regulation.