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oapen-20.500.12657-338382021-11-12T16:31:17Z Blame It On the WTO: A Human Rights Critique Joseph, Sarah world trade organization human rights abuses development wto right to health poverty doha round right to food labour rights human rights regimes Creative Commons license bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCL International economics::KCLT International trade bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBM International economic & trade law bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBR International human rights law 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 political science perspectives. After introducing the respective WTO and human rights regimes, and discussing their legal and normative relationship to each other, the book presents a detailed analysis of the main human rights concerns relating to the WTO. These include the alleged democratic deficit within the Organization and the impact of WTO rules on the right to health, labour rights, the right to food, and on questions of poverty and development. Given that some of the most important issues within the WTO concern its impact on poor people within developing States, the book asks whether rich States have an obligation to the people of poorer States to construct a fairer trading system that better facilitates the alleviation of poverty and development. Against this background, the book examines the current Doha round proposals as well as suggestions for reform of the WTO to make it more ‘human rights-friendly’. 2013-12-31 23:55:55 2018-10-03 09:09:28 2020-04-01T14:57:43Z 2020-04-01T14:57:43Z 2013 book 454396 OCN: 1030814078 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33838 eng application/pdf n/a 454396.pdf http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199689767.do Oxford University Press 10.26530/OAPEN_454396 10.26530/OAPEN_454396 b9501915-cdee-4f2a-8030-9c0b187854b2 780772a6-efb4-48c3-b268-5edaad8380c4 OAPEN-UK 327 OAPEN-UK open access
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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 political science perspectives. After introducing the respective WTO and human rights regimes, and discussing their legal and normative relationship to each other, the book presents a detailed analysis of the main human rights concerns relating to the WTO. These include the alleged democratic deficit within the Organization and the impact of WTO rules on the right to health, labour rights, the right to food, and on questions of poverty and development. Given that some of the most important issues within the WTO concern its impact on poor people within developing States, the book asks whether rich States have an obligation to the people of poorer States to construct a fairer trading system that better facilitates the alleviation of poverty and development. Against this background, the book examines the current Doha round proposals as well as suggestions for reform of the WTO to make it more ‘human rights-friendly’.
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