ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the processes of globalization and of international human rights law, as well as the impact of the economic processes of globalization on the protection of some human rights. Globalization has been transformative in terms of a reconceptualizing of state sovereignty within both international relations and international law. Human rights are both a part of globalization and separate from globalization. Human rights issues are raised in political, economic, social, and cultural interactions across the world. Economic rights include the individual right to an adequate standard of living and the individual and group right to development. The right to an adequate standard of living concerns access to the basic essentials for sustaining life, including food; shelter, clothing, and health care. Economic growth through globalization processes can even encourage human rights abuses beyond state borders by providing economic incentives for trade in goods injurious to humans, such as land mines and military weapons.
