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Human Rights in International Economic Policy

Being human rights a central pillar of Catholic Social Teaching analysis that is at the heart of the mission of the Center of Concern, human Rights are behind all the work of the Center of Concern and RBW.

This focus area comprises RBW's specific efforts to promote international economic policies that are consistent with human rights values and international human rights law. RBW has provided consistently a critical analysis of international economic policies from a human rights perspective. It plays a key role in civil society efforts to make international financial institutions, trade and investment policies and agreements, accountable to the international human rights framework. To that end, it helps build capacity and coalitions to provide a strategic response.

Recent Articles

  • Bringing Human Rights to Bear in Times of Crisis (March 2010)
  • RBW contributes to statement on Illicit Capital Flows and Human Rights (January 2010)
  • Social Watch Report 2009 features grassroots analyses on impacts of the financial crisis (December 2009)
  • A Human Rights Legacy to the Global Financial Crisis? (December 2009)
  • Human Rights and Financing for Development (October 2009)
  • Human Rights: Are They Relevant to the Financial Crisis Response? (September 2009)
  • Human Rights Response to Financial Crisis Urge NGOs (May 2009)
  • Rights is the Answer-- Social Watch Report 2008 (December 2008)
  • RBW presents at UN Panel on Human Rights in Global Economics (October 2008)
  • Integrating Human Rights in Financing for Development (September 2008)
  • International Financial Institutions and Human Rights: Annotated Bibliography (2002)
  • The Critical Role of Human Rights in Economic Policy (Spring 2001)
  • Submission to UN FFD Process Addresses Human Rights and Global Economic Governance (2000)