Abstract Participants in the human rights arena often support their rights agenda with reference to a lineage of rights activism that is rarely explored in depth or detail. Similarly, the substance of rights critique is dismissed or avoided rather than examined for the insights it offers. This...

To what extent should or must a corporation contemplate international human rights law? Following a brief discussion of the increasing influence of transnational corporations and global business transactions, as well as the growth of the international human rights system, this Article uses the...

The deepening and widening of European integration has led to an increase in transborder crime. Concurrent prosecution and sanctioning by several Member States is not only a problem in inter-state relations and an obstacle in the European integration process, but also a violation of the ne bis...

For decades the lack of access to needed and affordable medicines has unduly burdened developing countries worldwide. To highlight the acute need for international assistance in support of the medical plight of the sick and poor, in addition to the state’s human rights obligations to fulfill...

The global intellectual property system protects the interests of intellectual property owners, sometimes to the detriment of competing interests like public health or access to knowledge. Some scholars have proposed a human rights framework for intellectual property as a way to inject balance...