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VOL. 6, ISSUE 4 (2024)

Human rights in international trade: A legal approach

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Nguyen Manh Tuan

Abstract

Human rights and international trade are interrelated. International trade offers opportunities for increasing peoples' enjoyment of human rights, while human rights can ensure that international trade leads to sustainable and inclusive development. International trade can increase the resources available to states for advancing human rights and may positively affect poverty reduction. At the same time, international trade - through bilateral, regional or multilateral agreements may have adverse impacts on human rights.

This paper reviews legal approaches to promote human rights in international trade. Legal approaches include prohibiting or mandating conduct and creating and enforcing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) for states, businesses, civil society, and other relevant stakeholders. The paper also discusses increasing the costs of negative impacts of trade on human rights and the negotiating process and agreements of international trade. We can deal with challenges for Human Rights in International Trade by promoting the “Guiding Principles on human rights impact assessments of trade and investment agreements”, which offer guidance on how “trade affects the enjoyment of human rights and how to promote and protect human rights among the objectives of trade reform.” In addition, the paper also identifies potential constitutional and practical limitations to legal approaches to Human Rights in International Trade at the national level.

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Pages:44-48

How to cite this article:

Nguyen Manh Tuan "Human rights in international trade: A legal approach". International Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Vol 6, Issue 4, 2024, Pages 44-48

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