Globalization has become the cliche of our times. The virus of neo-liberal globalization has struck almost everybody including within the ranks of the left. Its proponents claim that it produces `accelerated, efficient` development along with democracy and human rights. Reality shows the...

Klappentext: Chinas Initiative "Neue Seidenstraßen" knüpft an die einstige weltpolitische Bedeutung des "Reichs der Mitte" an und entwirft gleichzeitig einen Bauplan zukünftiger Größe. Durch den Ausbau von Verkehrsinfrastruktur, Energieversorgung und Wirtschaftskorridoren zwischen Asien,...

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...

This paper examines the Right to Development (RtD) in the context of the ongoing negotiations to finalize Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) that African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are signing with the European Union (EU). These EPAs are being negotiated within the Cotonou...