Human rights in peace and development are accepted throughout the Global South as established, normative, and beyond debate. Only in the powerful elite sectors of the Global North have these rights been resisted and refuted. The policies and interests of these global forces are antithetical to advancing human rights, ending global poverty, and respecting the sovereign integrity of States and governments throughout the Global South. The link between poverty, war, and environmental degradation has become evident over the last 60 years, further augmenting international consciousness of these issues as interconnected with the rest of the human rights corpus. This book examines the history of this struggle and outlines practical means to implement these rights through a global framework of constitutional protections. Within this emerging framework, it argues that States will be increasingly obligated to formulate policies and programs to achieve peace and development throughout the global society.

Human rights in peace and development are accepted throughout the Global South as established, normative, and beyond debate. Only in the powerful elite sectors of the Global North have these rights been resisted and refuted. The policies and interests of these global forces are antithetical to advancing human rights, ending global poverty, and respecting the sovereign integrity of States and governments throughout the Global South. The link between poverty, war, and environmental degradation has become evident over the last 60 years, further augmenting international consciousness of these issues as interconnected with the rest of the human rights corpus. This book examines the history of this struggle and outlines practical means to implement these rights through a global framework of constitutional protections. Within this emerging framework, it argues that States will be increasingly obligated to formulate policies and programs to achieve peace and development throughout the global society.

-- A vision of a new world order that looks forward to the end of IMF hegemony -- 'There is no book quite like this ...Paupp has achieved a well-articulated alternative vision of a future world order based on law, equity, and sustainability.' Professor Richard Falk, Princeton University and Visiting Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara 'A brilliant treasure-trove of wisdom aimed at putting equity to work for all of mankind rather than a favored few.' Larry Birns, Director, Council on Hemispheric Affairs 'Paupp proposes a comprehensive strategy which calls for the development of a new global ethic based on the idea of an inclusive global community.' Bill Wickersham, Adjunct Professor of Peace Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia 'Exodus from Empire offers, confidently, a way to see that another world is possible. It's light in a time of darkness.' Professor Brian Foley, Florida Coastal School of Law This book lays out a comprehensive vision for a new world order based on cooperation between the developing world and leading Left countries in Latin America. Arguing that the ravages of corporate capitalism are unsustainable, Terrence E. Paupp presents an energetic critique of the problems of empire, and looks ahead to a global countermovement against the IMF and US hegemony.