March 22 Development, Trade and Human Rights

Human Rights in the World Community, Chapters 13, 14, 20, 32.

Anita Chan, "Labor Standards and Human Rights: The Case of Chinese Workers Under Market Socialism," Human Rights Quarterly 20.4 (1998) 886-904 BLACKBOARD

Erika De Wet, "Labor Standards in the Globalized Economy: The Inclusion of a Social Clause in the General Agreement On Tariff and Trade/ World Trade Organization," Human Rights Quarterly 17.3 (1995) 443-462. BLACKBOARD

N.J. Udombana, "The Third World and the Right to Development: An Agenda for the New Millenium," Human Rights Quarterly 22 (2000), 753-787 (BLACKBOARD)

Pew Case Studies  - The US, China and Most Favored Nation Status in the 1990s (Blackboard)

Human Rights Watch,  The 2007 US Trade Policy Template Opportunities and Risks for Workers’ Rights (Blackboard)

Susan Aaronson, Fair Trade?: How Oxfam Presented a Systemic Approach to Poverty, Development, Human Rights, and Trade (Human Rights Quarterly, 2006) (Blackboard)

 

 

RESOURCES

Business and Human Rights Resource Center

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development

Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal