Human Rights : Social Justice in the Age of the Market

Feyter, Koen de

ISBN 10: 1842774875 / ISBN 13: 9781842774878

Published by Zed Books, Limited, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Rights : Social Justice in the Age of the Market
• Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1842774875
• ISBN 13: 9781842774878
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.562 pounds

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Synopsis

Koen De Feyter, who has chaired Amnesty International's Working Group on economic, social and cultural rights, shows the many ways in which rampant market economics in today's world leads to violations of human rights. He questions how far the present-day international human rights system really provides effective protection against the adverse effects of globalization. This accessible and thought-provoking book shows both human rights activists and participants in the anti-globalization movement that there is a large, but hitherto untapped, overlap in their agendas, and real potential for a strategic alliance between them in joint campaigns around issues they share.

About the Author

Koen De Feyter is professor of international law at the law faculty of the University of Antwerp. He is the author of World development law (Antwerp, Intersentia, 2001) and Human rights. Social justice in the age of the market (London, Zed Books, 2005). He previously held positions at the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (Venice), at the Human Rights Centre of the University of Maastricht and at the Institute for Development Policy and Management (Antwerp).

Koen de Feyter is a lawyer who has taught and researched in academic settings on human rights and development issues for twenty years. He has been engaged in field work on behalf of both non-governmental and governmental actors in such diverse areas as Central Africa, the Philippines, Brazil and Northern Ireland. He is currently Senior Lecturer in International Law at the Institute of Development Policy and Management at the University of Antwerp and the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Maastricht.