How to bridge the gap between trade regimes and human rights regimes has long been hotly debated in the international law community. From the perspective of global governance for human rights, linking human rights obligations in FTAs, compared to “soft” human rights treaties, is believed to...

Despite the growth of international adjudication in the past few decades, ethical standards for counsel appearing before public international courts and tribunals remain underdeveloped. Today, counsel has scant guidance—as a matter of international norms or law—as to what behavior is...

The paper addresses the limits of World Trade Organization (WTO) law in respect of protection of workers, human rights, animal welfare, and the environment. Instead, enterprises through their corporate social responsibilities (CSR) can fill in the legal gaps in providing protection of non-trade...