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As the major players in globalization, firms often operate in states where human rights may not be respected. Without …
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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...
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The relationship between human rights law and international trade law has been a point of discussion for many years. An explicit reference to human rights is nowhere to be found in the WTO Agreement, but the ruling of the Appellate Body in the EC-Tariff Preferences case has made an important...
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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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This article analyzes recent efforts by India's Dalits (Untouchables) to transform centuries-old caste-based discrimination into an international human rights issue. Comparing early failures and later successes in international activism, the article demonstrates that the Dalits have achieved...
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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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The paper presents a political economy model linking terror and governments' respect for human rights. Using panel data for 111 countries over the period 1973-2002, we then empirically analyze whether and to what extent terror affects human rights - measured by three indices covering a wide...
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We create a novel panel dataset of countries' de facto human rights practices in four categories – basic human rights, civil & political rights, economic rights, and emancipatory rights. Next, we use this dataset to study the human rights consequences of natural disasters and find negative...
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