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I investigate the effect of ratification of different human rights treaties adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on Official Development Assistance (ODA) by donors of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). On average the ratification of an additional human rights treaty...
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The primary question that this research aims to answer is: how effective are the emergent norms and mechanisms to hold MNCs accountable for human rights violations, especially with regard to accountability for violations of economic, social and cultural rights in developing countries? The...
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The number of hungry in the world has crossed the one billion mark, a dubious milestone that has been attributed in … world. Ironically, a great majority are involved in food production as small-scale independent food producers or … agricultural laborers. These facts and figures signal a definitive blow to efforts to reduce global hunger and lift the world …
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The World Bank is no stranger to criticism of its projects, especially in respect of its privatization and private … commissioned by the World Bank. The brief was to provide an account of the major criticisms directed at the World Bank's private …
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This paper explores the type of human rights obligations of the World Bank and the IMF. It argues that their human … World Bank and the IMF. The paper concludes that these organizations need to develop a coherent and explicit human rights …
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This article traces the interrelationship of human rights with business and considers the central role played by corporations in the global economy. In particular it examines three points of intersection between human rights and business: transnational commerce, trade and investment, and...
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