Globalization, International Human Rights, and Civil Procedure

Globalization, Economic Freedom and Human Rights

Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization and economic liberalization affect governments’ respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity rights significantly and robustly increase with globalization and economic freedom, while empowerment ...

Globalization and Human Rights: Help or Hindrance

VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM, this world is one family, is an ancient and core part of Indian philosophy. Strange, that globalization is often portrayed as a recent western imposition on India and the world. Goods and people have moved across the globe for centuries, infact, far more easily than now. Neither passports nor visas were required, and traders, pilgrims and adventurers moved around without ...

Globalization and Civil War

Combating Illegal Organ Transplantation Under International Human Rights Law

Despite the fact that the concepts of organ transplantation and organ trafficking seem two completely distinct categories at first glance, sometimes they overlap with each other. This is especially in cases in which organ transplantation occurs from one country to another and for a financial exchange. There are two general indicators for determining the distinction between organ transplantation...

Impact of Globalization on Human Rights and Environmental Protection

Economic globalization impacts the environment and sustainable development in a wide variety of ways and through a multitude of channels. The aim of the paper is to interrogate a variety of arguments about human rights and environmental sustainability in order to assess their coherence and consistency, and to evaluate competing perspectives. The purpose of this paper is (a) to identify the key ...