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Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.The World Trade Organization (WTO) is often accused of, at best, not paying enough attention to human rights or, at worst, facilitating and perpetuating human rights abuses. This book weighs these criticisms and examines their validity, incorporating legal arguments as well as some economic and political science perspectives.After introducing the respective WTO and human rights regimes, and discussing their legal and normative relationship to each other, the book presents a detailed analysis of the main human rights concerns relating to the WTO. These include the alleged democratic deficit within the Organization and the impact of WTO rules on the right to health, labour rights, the right to food, and on questions of poverty and development.Given that some of the
Trade Review[A]nyone interested in the interplay between the WTO and human rights would do well to consult this very eloquently written text. * Md. Rizwanul Islam, Journal of World Trade *
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Introducing the WTO and International Human Rights Regimes ; 2. The Relationship between the WTO and International Human Rights Law ; 3. Democratic Deficit and the WTO ; 4. 'Human Rights' Restrictions on Trade ; 5. The WTO, Poverty, and Development ; 6. The WTO and the Right to Food ; 7. TRIPS and the Right to Health ; 8. xtraterritorial Human Rights Duties ; 9. WTO Reform, The Doha Round, and Other Free Trade Initiatives ; 10. Conclusion
