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The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law edited by Bethlehem, Daniel; McRae, Donald; Neufeld, Rodney; Van Damme, Isabelle (8th January 2009)
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Part IV Trade and … The New Agenda and Linkage Issues, Ch.20 Trade and Human Rights

Lorand Bartels

From: The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law

Edited By: Daniel Bethlehem, Donald McRae, Rodney Neufeld, Isabelle Van Damme

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series:
Oxford Handbooks in Law
Published in print:
08 January 2009
ISBN:
9780199231928

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2015. All Rights Reserved.date: 18 October 2019

Subject(s):
Intellectual property — International labour law — Right to non-discrimination
At the most general level, the protection of human rights and the promotion of trade liberalization share a common objective: the betterment of the human condition. This is reflected in Article 55 of the UN Charter, which mandates the United Nations (UN) to promote both ‘higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development’ and ‘universal respect for, and observance of, human rights’. But despite the fact that both of these paragraphs generated significant institutions—the former was the basis for the failed...
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