Suchergebnisse

Introduction : economic policies and human rights obligations /Radhika Balakrishnan and Diane Elson --Fiscal and monetary policy and the right to work : Mexico /Kristina Pirker and Sarah Gammage --Human rights dimensions of fiscal and monetary policies : United States /Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz --Human rights and public expenditure in Mexico /Daniela Ramírez Camacho --Human rights and public expenditure in the USA /Nursel Aydiner-Avsar and Diane Elson --Taxation and economic and social rights in Mexico /Lourdes Colinas and Roberto Constantino --Taxation and economic and social rights in the USA /Radhika Balakrishnan --Trade policy and human rights : Mexico /Alberto Serdan-Rosales and Carlos Salas --Trade policy and human rights obligations of the USA : NAFTA /Nursel Aydiner-Avsar and Diane Elson --Regulation : pension reform and human rights in Mexico /Gabriel Lara Salazar --Regulation : pension reform and human rights in the USA /Radhika Balakrishnan.

1. The radical potential of human rights -- 2. The human rights framework and economic policy -- 3. What does inequality have to do with human rights? -- 4. A human rights approach to government spending and taxation -- 5. Mobilizing resources to realize rights : debt, aid, and monetary policy -- 6. Financialization, credit markets, and human rights -- 7. Extraterritorial obligations, human rights, and economic governance -- 8. Economic crises and human rights.

This 'forum' consists of 14 papers, contributed by 20 authors who give different perspectives on the ICPD conference held in Cairo in 1994.