Human rights lawyers and human rights activists often hesitate or even hate to talk about human responsibilities and responsibilities (in short: duties). This is the case for obvious reasons, which can best be understood in light of the very beginning of the history of human rights, relating to...

Millions of people in the developing world lack access to curative drugs. Thomas Pogge identifies the cause for this problem in a lack of redistribution across borders. By contrast, this article shows that institutional shortcomings within developing countries are the main issue. The different...

International transfers in climate policy channeled from the industrialized to the developing world either support the mitigation of climate change or the adaptation to global warming. From a purely allocative point of view, transfers supporting mitigation tend to be Pareto - improving whereas...