Trade as a Weapon? The WTO and Human Rights-Based Trade Measures

Authors

  • Jenny Schultz Monash University
  • Rachel Ball Monash University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21153/dlr2007vol12no1art167

Abstract

Can the World Trade Organisation become a body for addressing human rights issues? As an international body the the WTO is growing in stature. However moves to encompass human rights concerns are unlikely to go unchallenged by developing nations, and the WTO’s internal rules add another layer of complexity. Trade sanctions can be a blunt weapon in human rights campaigns.

Author Biographies

  • Jenny Schultz, Monash University
    Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
  • Rachel Ball, Monash University

    Rachel Ball is currently undertaking postgraduate research in the US. She cowrote this article in her capacity as a research assistant at the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University.

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Published

2007-01-01

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1

Section

Articles