Free Trade and Labour and Environmental Standards in MERCOSUR

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 clea...

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Autor principal: María Belén Olmos Giupponi
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidad de Los Andes 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81231284005
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Sumario: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.