Free Trade and Labour and Environmental Standards in MERCOSUR

Citation

Olmos Giupponi MB (2014) Free Trade and Labour and Environmental Standards in MERCOSUR. Colombia Internacional, (81), pp. 67-97. https://doi.org/10.7440/colombiaint81.2014.03

Abstract
The main argument put forward in the article is that MERCOSUR accommodated the protection of human rights as non-trade issues in its institutional framework, analysing the conflict between the protection of human rights and trade issues at the sub-regional level. In order to give a complete and clear picture of these developments, the paper examines member states' constitutional provisions and the implementation of MERCOSUR labour and environmental standards before national courts.

Keywords
Free trade agreements; human rights; sub-regional integration processes; labour rights; environmental protection; MERCOSUR

Journal
Colombia Internacional, Issue 81

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