Economic Globalisation and Human Rights: EIUC Studies on Human Rights and DemocratizationWolfgang Benedek, Koen De Feyter, Fabrizio Marrella Economic globalisation is one of the guiding paradigms of the twenty-first century. The challenge it implies for human rights is fundamental, and key questions have up to now received no satisfying answers. How can human rights protect human dignity when economic globalisation has an adverse impact on local living conditions? How should human rights evolve in response to a global economy in which non-statal actors are decisive forces? Economic Globalisation and Human Rights was originally published in 2007, and sets out to assess these and other questions to ensure that, as economic globalisation intensifies, human rights take up the central and crucial position that they deserve. Using a multidisciplinary methodology, leading scholars reflect on issues such as the need for global ethics, the localisation of human rights, the role of human rights in WTO law, and efforts to make international economic organisations more accountable and multinational corporations more socially responsible. |
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academic African Benedek is professor Cambridge University Press Centre for Human Democratisation in Venice Diploma Dispute Settlement economic globalisation EIUC Studies Equitable Economy European Inter-University Centre European Union European University Fabrizio Marrella Feyter is professor Foscari University GLOBALISATION AND HUMAN graduate in law Graduate Institute holds a Ph.D Horst Fischer human rights issues human rights law Institute of International International Business Law international development law international economic law International Economic Organisations international human rights international organisations International Studies Geneva Italy Koen De Feyter labour law Law and International Law School Lyon main research interests Marrella is professor multidisciplinary methodology political professor of international Public International Law published widely Recent publications include research priorities Rights and Democratisation tions United Nations University of Aix-Marseille University of Antwerp University of Graz University of Ljubljana University of Paris University of Venice University of Warwick visiting professor Wolfgang Benedek World Bank World Trade Organization