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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 paper's hypothesis is that the international standard setting bodies (SSBs) could improve the quality of their international standards by incorporating a human rights analysis. It focuses on five SSBs and seven of their international standards and its findings include the following: First,...
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Significant numbers of multinational corporations ("MNCs") from the European Union ("EU") operate in the African, Caribbean and Pacific ("ACP") countries. The ACP countries are attractive operational bases because of the enormous availability of raw materials, low cost of labour, and favourable...
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constituted a human rights violation. This may be the first court ruling anywhere in the world to suggest that there is a human …
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The ‘business and human rights’ (BHR) field emerged amidst concerns during the last thirty years over the adequacy of national legal systems and institutions in addressing transnational human rights impacts of global market integration. BHR relies on transnational governance networks and...
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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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human rights is intriguing, particularly because many of the world’s most significant financial institutions have publicly …
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Economic globalization represents both an unmet opportunity and a significant challenge for the fulfillment of social and economic rights, including the right to food. While corporate sector accountability and the responsibility of international financial institutions (IFIs) to ensure social and...
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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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