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Recognized and Violated by International Law: The Human Rights of the Global Poor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2006

Abstract

Various human rights are widely recognized in codified and customary international law. These human rights promise all human beings protection against specific severe harms that might be inflicted on them domestically or by foreigners. Yet international law also establishes and maintains institutional structures that greatly contribute to violations of these human rights: fundamental components of international law systematically obstruct the aspirations of poor populations for democratic self-government, civil rights, and minimal economic sufficiency. And central international organizations, such as the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank, are designed so that they systematically contribute to the persistence of severe poverty.

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ARTICLES
Copyright
2005 Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law

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