Globalization challenges fundamental principles governing
international law, especially with respect to state sovereignty and
international relations. This transformation has had a significant
impact on the practice of trade law, financial regulation, and
environmental law but relatively little effect on one area of law
and regulation: human rights."Universal Human Rights and
Extraterritorial Obligations" examines both the international and
domestic foundations of human rights law. What other contemporary
human rights debates have almost totally ignored is that in an
increasingly interdependent world--where public and private
international actors have great influence on the lives of
individuals everywhere--it is insufficient to assess only the
record of domestic governments in human rights. It is equally
important to assess the effect of actions taken by
intergovernmental organizations, international private entities,
and foreign states.From this standpoint, contributors to this book
address how states' actions or omissions may affect the prospects
of individuals in foreign states and asks important questions: To
what extent do agricultural policies of rich countries influence
the right to food in poorer countries? How do decisions to screen
asylum seekers outside state borders affect refugee rights? How
does cooperation among different states in the "war on terror"
influence individuals' rights to be free from torture? This volume
presents a brief for a more complex and updated approach to the
protection of human rights worldwide.
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