The IMF, the World Bank Group and the Question of Human Rights / / Bahram Ghazi.

• Superior document: International Law and Development ; 4
• VerfasserIn: Ghazi, Bahram
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: International Law and Development ; 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

The IMF, The World Bank Group, and the Question of Human Rights explores various issues facing international financial institutions and their obligations to adhere to human rights norms. Bahram Ghazi gets to the heart of the most important issues facing the global community today: namely, how to reconcile globalization and the activities of the World Bank and the IMF with the implementation of international human rights rules. His comprehensive work explains the relation between economy, finance, and investments and their impact on the human rights situation. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the author incorporates historical, political, economic, financial, and institutional dimensions into his analysis. The IMF, The World Bank Group, and the Question of Human Rights is the fourth volume to be published in Transnational's International Law and Development series, edited by Raj Bhala. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- -- Chapter 1 History, Structure -- Organization and Operations of the -- International Monetary Fund -- -- Chapter 2 History, Structure, Organization -- and Operations of the World Bank Group -- -- Chapter 3 IFIs' Activities and Human -- Rights Violations -- -- Chapter 4 Evolution of Human Rights and -- Related Notions Inside IFIs -- -- Chapter 5 Politics, Human Rights, and -- IFIs -- -- Chapter 6 International Legal Personality -- of the IMF and the World Bank -- Chapter 7 Sources of Human Rights -- Obligations for IFIs and Their Member -- States -- -- Chapter 8 Other Sources of Human -- Rights Obligations for the World Bank and -- the IMF -- -- Chapter 9 Responsibility Under Public -- International Law -- -- Chapter 10 Accountability Mechanisms -- -- Chapter 11 Human Rights Mainstreaming -- Inside the World Bank and the IMF -- -- Chapter 12 Improving Conditions for the -- Implementation of Human Rights in IFIs -- -- Conclusions, and Prospects for Future -- Research -- Bibliography -- Annexes -- Index.