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International Economic Law and the Pursuit of Human Rights: A Framework for Discussion of the Legality of 'Selective Purchasing' Laws under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement

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The tension between international economic law and the protection of human rights is considered. Important technical and policy aspects of the tension are illustrated by considering the legality under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement 1994 of requirements in government contracts that attempt to further social policy objectives. The current controversy concerning the use by state and local governments in the United States of 'selective purchasing' laws to influence the human rights policies of foreign governments, particularly the controversial Massachusetts legislation relating to Myanmar (Burma), provides the opportunity for considering how these tensions might be resolved. Copyright 1999 by Oxford University Press.

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  • McCrudden, Christopher, 1999. "International Economic Law and the Pursuit of Human Rights: A Framework for Discussion of the Legality of 'Selective Purchasing' Laws under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement," Journal of International Economic Law, Oxford University Press, vol. 2(1), pages 3-48, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jieclw:v:2:y:1999:i:1:p:3-48
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    1. Sasha Holley & Glenda Maconachie & Miles Goodwin, 2015. "Government procurement contracts and minimum labour standards enforcement: Rhetoric, duplication and distraction?," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 26(1), pages 43-59, March.
    2. Nadia Bernaz, 2013. "Enhancing Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Violations: Is Extraterritoriality the Magic Potion?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 117(3), pages 493-511, October.

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