Between Light and Shadow: The World Bank, The International Monetary Fund and International Human Rights Law: 1 (Studies in International Law)

Mac Darrow

ISBN 10: 1841135674 / ISBN 13: 9781841135670

Published by Hart Publishing, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Light and Shadow: The World Bank, The International Monetary Fund and International Human Rights Law: 1 (Studies in International Law)
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841135674
• ISBN 13: 9781841135670
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Much has been written on the human rights relevance and impacts of the policies and activities of the World Bank and IMF --or International Financial Institutions (IFIs). However while many of the human rights-based critiques of the Bank and Fund purport to link broadly defined reforms with obligations under international human rights law,rarely has this been carried out through a rigorous and in-depth application of international legal rules governing the proper interpretation of the institutions' mandates, and rarely have the policy consequences and practical possibilities for human rights integration been explored in any detail. These are the principal gaps that the present book aims to fill, by reference to a sample of the IFIs' most important and controversial contemporary activities.

About the Author

Mac Darrow is currently the Coordinator at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the HURIST ('Human Rights Strengthening') Joint Programme between OHCHR and UNDP.