Resources and Organizations
Globalization, Policy and Human Rights
Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
Realizing Rights', founded by Mary Robinson, mission is to put human rights standards at the heart of globalgovernance and policy-making and to ensure that the needs of thepoorest and most vulnerable are addressed on the global stage. They do this by addressing five critical global challenges: fostering equitable trade and decent work; realizing the right to health; shaping more humane migration policies, women leaders intercultural forum; and encouraging corporate responsibility.
Poverty and Human Rights
ATD Fourth World (Quart Monde)
The International Movement ATD Fourth World is a non-governmental organization with no religious or political affiliation which engages with individuals and institutions to find solutions to eradicate extreme poverty. Working in partnership with people in poverty, ATD Fourth World's human rights-based approach focuses on supporting families and individuals through its grass-roots presence and involvement in disadvantaged communities, in both urban and rural areas, creating public awareness of extreme poverty and influencing policies to address it.
Fighting Poverty with Facts (IDRC)
This in-focus website assembles a variety of resources on community-based poverty monitoring. Including slide presentations, short stories, case studies, research reports, books, etc., the site presents results of IDRC-supported research and the most important lessons that have been learned.
UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty: Magdalena Sep??lveda.
Intellectual Property, Trade and Human Rights
3D-Trade-Human Rights-Equitable Economy
3D promotes collaboration amongst trade, development and human rights professionals, to ensure that trade rules are developed and applied in ways that promote an equitable economy.
ESCR-Net and Center of Concern spearheading pilot project in the agricultural sector by bridging trade, investment, finance and human rights.
Sixteen human rights and trade organizations are working on a pilot project on trade, finance, investment and human rights. The goal of the project is to increase the impact of human rights advocacy on policy-making processes on trade, investment and finance, with a particular focus on the agriculture sector.
UNFPII. "State of the World's Indigenous Peoples" contains interesting chapters relating to globalization, trade and international intellectual property rules on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.