Environment, Human Rights and International Trade - Hardcover

Bloomsbury

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841132179 ISBN 13: 9781841132174

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

After the completion of the Uruguay Round and the adoption of the 1994 agreement establishing the WTO, the place of international trade in the context of the international legal order has radically changed. International trade law has become a subject of wide-spread interest, cutting across traditional boundaries, and engaging diverse political and legal concerns. One consequence of this development is increasing concern with the legitimacy of the WTO process, which in turn has led to the WTO becoming the focus of rancorous protest by, among others, environmental NGOs, trade unions, and human rights activists. This collection of essays by leading scholars and lawyers engaged in the policy-making process addresses the underlying tensions and dilemmas of the WTO process and its impact upon the environment and human rights in particular. The contributors search for a balance between, on the one hand, legitimate free trade interests and, on the other, the role and limits of unilateral measures as an instrument to protect non-commercial values. The essays thus range over a host of topical questions, including: trade in GMOs, biosafety in intellectual property rights, technology transfer and environmental protection, trade and labor rights, child labor standards, the EU and WTO, and many other topics.

About this title

About the Author

Francesco Francioni is Professor of International Law at the EUI, Florence and the University of Siena.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841132179
• ISBN 13: 9781841132174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392