Governance As Responsibility - Member States As Human Rights Protectors in International Financial

Explores criteria determining the international responsibility of member states for failure to protect human rights in international financial institutions.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The relationship between international (financial) institutions and their member states; 2. Accounting for the governance role of member states of international financial institutions in the regime of international responsibility; 3. Member states as human rights protectors in international financial institutions: matching governance with responsibility; Conclusion.

About the author

Ana Sofia Barros is a lawyer and researcher in public international law. She is currently working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She obtained her Law degree at the University of Lisbon, a Master's degree in Human Rights and Democratisation from the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation and her Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Leuven. Ana Sofia worked in a Portuguese Law Firm (CSCA), having qualified as a lawyer in 2012. She also worked as a jurist at an international NGO (IRCT) and at the European Commission (OLAF).

Product details

• Authors: Ana Sofia Barros, Barros Ana Sofia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781108492867
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49286-7
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Europe, Human Rights, Asia, 20th Century, Africa, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / International, International Relations, 21st Century, International Finance, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, International Organisations & Institutions