{"product_id":"sovereign-debt-and-human-rights-9780198810445","title":"Sovereign Debt and Human Rights","description":"Sovereign debt is necessary for the functioning of many modern states, yet its impact on human rights is underexplored in academic literature. Without understanding how debt accumulates, it is impossible to realise the impact it can have on the individual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking the big three sovereign lenders of the international financial institutions, the sovereigns, and the private lenders, Bantekas and Lumina ask what the human rights dimensions of their policies are. How do debt-influencing mechanisms and vulture funds enter the mix? What happens to human\u003cbr\u003erights when sovereign debt accumulates? What happens to people's rights when structural adjustment programmes are imposed on debtor states, in attempts to service their debts? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the first time Bantekas and Lumina assemble a team of experts, both lawyers and non-lawyers, to arrive at a variety of conclusions: that the imposition of structural adjustment programmes on debtor states, far from solving the complex problem of sovereign debt, in fact exacerbates the debt, \u003cbr\u003edamages the state's economic sovereignty, injures the entrenched rights of peoples, and worsens the borrower's economic situation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ilias Bantekas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.00w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198810445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIlias Bantekas\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Law, Brunel University and Northwestern University\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCephas Lumina\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Fort Hare, Professor of Law\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIlias Bantekas\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of International Law and Arbitration at Brunel and Northwestern Universities and a senior fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London. He has consulted governments, international organisations, private clients and NGOs in most areas of\u003cbr\u003einternational law and regularly acts as arbitrator. Key works include: International Human Rights Law and Practice (2nd ed, CUP 2016 with L Oette); International Law (3rd ed, OUP 2017, with E Papastavridis); and Introduction to International Arbitration (CUP 2015). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCephas Lumina\u003c\/strong\u003e is full Research Professor of Law at the University of Fort Hare, an Extra-Ordinary Professor of Human Rights Law at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, an Advocate of the High Court of Zambia and the former United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign\u003cbr\u003edebt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights). His work, particularly the UN Guiding Principles on Foreign Debt and Human Rights, is considered as having changed the political and\u003cbr\u003elegal landscape in the area of sovereign debt and human rights. He has consulted for various regional and international organisations, governments and non-governmental organisations on human rights and related issues. He is currently a Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the\u003cbr\u003eChild.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40302933934195,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a7d0432f-3226-4f4b-b1cc-c56bfe284b13.jpg?v=1658842081","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sovereign-debt-and-human-rights-9780198810445","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}