Human Rights And World Trade

The article discusses the relationship between human rights and world trade, specifically focusing on the issue of world hunger. The author uses John Vincent's theory of basic human rights to analyze the political viability of human rights within the international political economy. The right to food is highlighted as an international norm protected by international law. The author also examines the connection between hunger, international trade, and poverty. The article suggests that the current system has the potential to address these issues and proposes measures to move the hunger agenda forward.

A new and incisive analysis of the political viability of human rights, with an in-depth investigation of its largest violation: world hunger. Gonzalez-Pelaez develops John Vincent's theory of basic human rights within the context of the international political economy and demonstrates how the right to food has become an international norm enshrined within international law. She then assesses the international normative and practical dimensions of hunger in connection with international trade and poverty. Using the society of states as the framework of analysis, she explores the potential that the current system has to correct its own anomalies, and examines the measures that can move the hunger agenda forward in order to break through its current stagnation.