Between Light and Shadow
The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and International Human Rights Law
1st Edition
Published on 20. March 2003
376 pages
978-1-84731-034-7 (ISBN)
Description
Much has been written on the human rights relevance and impacts of the policies and activities of the World Bank and IMF --or International Financial Institutions (IFIs). However while many of the human rights-based critiques of the Bank and Fund purport to link broadly defined reforms with obligations under international human rights law,rarely has this been carried out through a rigorous and in-depth application of international legal rules governing the proper interpretation of the institutions' mandates, and rarely have the policy consequences and practical possibilities for human rights integration been explored in any detail. These are the principal gaps that the present book aims to fill, by reference to a sample of the IFIs' most important and controversial contemporary activities.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84731-034-7 (9781847310347)
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Mac Darrow
Between Light and Shadow
The World Bank, The International Monetary Fund and International Human Rights Law
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01/2006
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Mac Darrow is currently the Coordinator at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the HURIST ('Human Rights Strengthening') Joint Programme between OHCHR and UNDP.
Content
List of abbreviations
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE IFIs' ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY FUNCTIONS
III. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE QUESTION: COMMENTS ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACTS OF THE IFIs' POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES
IV. TO WHAT EXTENT CAN THE WORLD BANK AND IMF DEAL WITH HUMAN RIGHTS? A BRIEF EXPLORATION OF THEIR LEGAL MANDATES
V. IMPEDIMENTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS INTEGRATION
VI. AN AGENDA FOR REFORM
VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS
Annex: List of Interviewees
Bibliography
Index
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE IFIs' ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY FUNCTIONS
III. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE QUESTION: COMMENTS ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACTS OF THE IFIs' POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES
IV. TO WHAT EXTENT CAN THE WORLD BANK AND IMF DEAL WITH HUMAN RIGHTS? A BRIEF EXPLORATION OF THEIR LEGAL MANDATES
V. IMPEDIMENTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS INTEGRATION
VI. AN AGENDA FOR REFORM
VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS
Annex: List of Interviewees
Bibliography
Index
