Between light and shadow : the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and international human rights law
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Between light and shadow : the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and international human rights law
（Studies in international law, v.1）
Hart, 2006, c2003
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Utrecht, 2001
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-348) and index
"First paperback print 2006"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
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. "By balancing a legal academic analysis with a rigorous evaluation of policy proposals for the integration of human rights at the Bank and Fund, Darrow appeals to a broad audience of policymakers, international legal experts, and human rights advocates. He bridges a gap between theory and practice in the existing literature on the law of international institutions." Galit A.
Sarfaty, American Journal of International Law
Table of Contents
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
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