Economic Globalisation and Human Rights: EIUC Studies on Human Rights and Democratization (European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation)

COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 3
TITLE......Page 5
COPYRIGHT......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 9
SERIES EDITORS’ PREFACE......Page 13
PREFACE......Page 15
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 17
Defining the terms......Page 23
Linking economic globalisation and human rights......Page 26
Human rights continue to offer protection in a global economy......Page 28
On the need to adjust human rights to new economic realities......Page 32
Bibliography......Page 36
PART I Inter-disciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights and Economic Globalisation......Page 37
Introduction......Page 39
Globalist analysis......Page 41
Globalist views of the State......Page 45
Economic globalisation and development......Page 51
Democratic global governance and human rights......Page 54
Bibliography......Page 56
Introduction......Page 61
Global ethics – a contradiction in terms?......Page 67
The question of globally shared values......Page 70
About ethics in the public sphere: the premise of normative pluralism......Page 73
Basic norms......Page 77
The problem of ethical commitment – indifference, marginalisation, neglect......Page 80
Postscript......Page 82
Bibliography......Page 87
Introduction......Page 89
The continuing validity of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights......Page 91
Human rights allow for plurality......Page 93
The view from below......Page 97
A return to the global......Page 106
Conclusion......Page 111
Bibliography......Page 112
Introduction: the social dimension of the global market......Page 115
Trade liberalisation and labour law: the ambivalences......Page 117
The linkage hypothesis......Page 119
The effects of trade liberalisation on labour law......Page 122
The regulation between the global and the local: the Social Clause and fundamental social rights......Page 124
Levels and subjects of regulation......Page 129
The multilateral global dimension: the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs – World Trade Organisation......Page 130
The European dimension......Page 134
The North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation......Page 136
The Central-American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)......Page 139
Unilateral regulation and the generalised system of preferences......Page 142
The company dimension and Codes of Conduct......Page 145
Concluding remarks: labour law in the post-national puzzle......Page 149
Bibliography......Page 152
PART II The Relevance of Human Rights for International Economic Organisations......Page 157
Introduction......Page 159
International economic cooperation......Page 161
Cooperation in the field of human rights......Page 164
The increasing concern of UN human rights bodies with international trade issues......Page 165
The response of GATT/WTO to so-called ‘non-trade issues’......Page 175
Overcoming separate approaches in resolving common global problems......Page 180
Conclusion: Elements of an interface between the World Trade Organization and human rights to strengthen coordinated global governance......Page 185
Bibliography......Page 188
Making Trade Policies More Accountable and Human Rights-Consistent: A NGO Perspective of Using Human Rights Instruments in the Case of Access to Medicines......Page 192
Multilateral trade agreements: the WTO TRIPS Agreement......Page 194
The WTO Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health......Page 198
The WTO General Council Decision of 30 August 2003 on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health......Page 200
The emergence of TRIPS-plus rules......Page 201
The inclusion of TRIPS-plus rules in bilateral and regional trade agreements......Page 202
Access to affordable medicines as an obligation under international human rights law......Page 204
The right to life......Page 205
The right to health......Page 206
Children’s rights......Page 208
International cooperation and assistance......Page 209
Access to information and participation in decision-making......Page 210
Using international human rights mechanisms to make trade more accountable and human rights-consistent......Page 212
Rationale for raising trade-related issues in human rights treaty bodies......Page 213
3D’s experience of using UN treaty bodies to make trade rules more accountable and human rights-consistent......Page 214
Ecuador......Page 215
Botswana......Page 218
Denmark and Italy......Page 220
Special procedures: the Special Rapporteur on the right to health......Page 222
The resolutions of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights......Page 224
Conclusion......Page 225
Bibliography......Page 227
Introduction......Page 232
The mandate of the Bretton Woods institutions and the promotion of human rights......Page 234
Predominance of economic considerations in the decision-making process: limitations and evolution......Page 235
The evolution of the concept of development in the post-Cold War period: towards a comprehensive and participative development......Page 240
Financing activities and the promotion of human rights......Page 245
Public participation and accountability, with special emphasis on the World Bank Inspection Panel......Page 253
The various facets of the notions of public participation and accountability......Page 254
The procedure of the World Bank Inspection Panel......Page 258
Bibliography......Page 262
PART III International Corporate Accountability......Page 265
Introduction......Page 267
Sovereignty and the responsibility of the territorial state......Page 270
Individual responsibility of corporate officials......Page 273
The direct liability of the corporation......Page 276
The international responsibility of the home state......Page 282
Conclusion......Page 286
Bibliography......Page 287
Introduction......Page 288
The development of human rights issues in international commercial arbitration......Page 290
Human rights and arbitration agreements......Page 293
Human rights and arbitration proceedings......Page 297
Due process......Page 298
Right to independent and impartial arbitration......Page 301
Language and procedural costs......Page 304
Speed of arbitration, ‘reasonable delay’ and effective remedy......Page 305
Human rights and lex contractus......Page 306
Human rights in the selection of international mandatory rules and in public policy......Page 307
Corporate social responsibility ‘from above’ and ‘from below’: towards contractualised human rights?......Page 311
Global level......Page 312
Concluding remarks: codes ‘from above’ as benchmarks......Page 314
Corporate social responsibility ‘from below’: generated at business community level......Page 315
Unilateral codes of conduct......Page 316
Collective codes of conduct......Page 317
Taking corporate social responsibility seriously: market-based enforcement......Page 319
The ‘spin-off ’ from corporate social responsibility into arbitration......Page 322
Conclusion......Page 327
Bibliography......Page 328
Human rights and the new economic realities......Page 333
Identifying and responding to major challenges......Page 336
Institutionalising and operationalising human rights......Page 339
Towards a more responsible world economy......Page 342
As paradigms shift, human rights grow in importance......Page 344
Bibliography......Page 345
INDEX......Page 347