Blame it on the WTO?
Subtitle: a human rights critique
By: Sarah Joseph
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780199565894
Subjects: Human rights; World Trade Organization; Political aspects; Economic aspects; Foreign trade regulation
Other titles: Blame it on the World Trade Organization
Description: The WTO is often accused of not paying enough attention to human rights. This book weighs these criticisms and examines their validity, both from a legal and from political and economic points of views. It asks whether the WTO is under an obligation to construct a fairer trade system and discusses suggestions for reform.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-318) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing the WTO and international human rights law regimes; title: Relationship between the WTO and international human rights law; title: Democratic deficit and the WTO; title: 'Human rights' restrictions on trade; title: The WTO, poverty, and development; title: The WTO and the right to food; title: TRIPS and the right to health; title: Extraterritorial human rights duties; title: WTO reform, the Doha Round, and other free trade initiatives; title: Conclusion.