The ASEAN Inter-governmental Human Rights Commission (AICHR) was established in 2009 by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as their human rights commitment under Article 14 of the ASEAN Charter. This article is written under the perspective of ASEAN Charter to explain the power...

"As part of the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), a compromise on domestic socio-economic issues was struck and subsequently given the name 'embedded liberalism'. The Future of International Economic Integration explores the multiple dimensions of the embedded liberalism...

In this chapter I look at how human rights are addressed within MERCOSUR. The topic has deserved attention both from a political and legal perspective, but fairly little literature exists on the topic. At the political level, the instability of some governments in the bloc has threatened the...

Preface -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 -- Free Trade and Protection of Human Rights in the Americas -- I. Introduction -- II. Historical Overview of Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean -- III. Free Trade Agreements and Integration in the Americas: The...