Blame it on the WTO? : : a human rights critique /

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Blame it on the WTO? : : a human rights critique / / Sarah Joseph.

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 poli...

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Joseph, Sarah,
Place / Publishing House:Oxford, England : : Oxford University Press,, 2013.
©2011
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (327 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
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Table of Contents:
  • Table of cases
  • Table of conventions, declarations, and other instruments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Introducing the WTO and international human rights law regimes
  • 2 Relationship between the WTO and international human rights law
  • 3 Democratic deficit and the WTO
  • 4 ‘Human rights’ restrictions on trade
  • 5 The WTO, poverty, and development
  • 6 The WTO and the right to food
  • 7 TRIPS and the right to health
  • 8 Extraterritorial human rights duties
  • 9 WTO reform, the Doha Round, and other free trade initiatives
  • 10 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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