| Using general exception clauses to protect human rights | |
| Human Rights and World Trade Agreements |
| The objective of this publication is to provoke discussion on the use of general exception clauses in World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements as a means of ensuring that trade agreements maintain the flexibility needed for WTO members to meet their obligations under international human rights law. The analytical study noted that general exceptions in WTO agreements could provide one mechanism for reconciling the objectives of the multilateral trading system with those of human rights law. The analytical study focused exclusively on the question of discrimination. However understanding how human rights imperatives can be reconciled with trade objectives is relevant not only to the principle of non-discrimination but also to many other trade rules and policies. For example the High Commissioner has already considered the human rights dimensions of intellectual property protection agricultural trade trade in services and investment. While these reports noted that trade liberalization had the potential to enhance the enjoyment of human rights the aim of a human rights approach to trade is to examine potential areas of conflict between the two legal systems and ways to avoid them. |
Auteur: various authors of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Publisher: United Nations Année: 2000
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| Mot clef: Policy , Droit international Coordination . |
| Catégorie de document: Publication | Langue: Anglais |