Human Rights and International Trade (Paperback)

Thomas Cottier

ISBN 10: 0199285837 / ISBN 13: 9780199285839

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005

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Paperback. Economic globalization and respect for human rights are both highly topical issues. In theory, more trade should increase economic welfare and protection of human rights should ensure individual dignity. Both fields of law protect certain freedoms: economic development should lead to higher human rights standards, and UN embargoes are used to secure compliance with human rights agreements. However the interaction between trade liberalisation and human rightsprotection is complex, and recently, tension has arisen between these two areas. Do WTO obligations covering intellectual property prevent governments from implementing their human rightsobligations, including rights to food or health? Is it fair to accord the benefits of trade subject to a clean human rights record? This book first examines the theoretical framework of the interaction between the disciplines of international trade law and human rights. It builds upon the well-known debate between Professor Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, who construes trade obligations as human rights, and Professor Philip Alston, who warns of a merger and acquisition of human rights bytrade law. From this starting point, further chapters explore the differing legal matrices of the two fields and examine how cooperation between them might be improved, both in international law-makingand institutions,in dispute settlement. The interaction between trade and human rights is then explored through seven case studies:freedom of expression and competition law; IP protection and health; agricultural trade and the right to food; trade restrictions on conflict WHO convention on tobacco control; and, finally, human rights conditionalities in preferential trade schemes. Examines the theoretical framework of the interaction between the disciplines of international trade law and human rights. This interaction is explored in this book through seven case studies, ranging from freedom of expression and anti-trust rules, to the fight against trade in conflict diamonds and the UN's convention on tobacco control. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Rights and International Trade (Paperback)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199285837
• ISBN 13: 9780199285839
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Economic globalization and respect for human rights are both highly topical issues. In theory, more trade should increase economic welfare and protection of human rights should ensure individual dignity. Recently, however, tension has arisen between these two areas. Does the World Trade Organization prevent countries from providing essential medicines to their people? Is it fair to accord the benefits of trade subject to a clean human rights record?

This book examines the theoretical framework of the interaction between the disciplines of international trade law and human rights. The interaction is the explored through seven case studies, ranging from freedom of expression and anti-trust rules, to the fight against trade in conflict diamonds and the UN's new convention on tobacco control.

About the Author

Thomas Cottier is Managing Director of the World Trade Institute, Bern; and Professor of European and International Economic Law at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Joost Pauwelyn is Associate Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law. Elisabeth Bürgi is an attorney at law, and a researcher at the World Trade Institute, Bern and at the Institute of European and International Economic Law of the University of Bern, Switzerland.