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III / 08 - CSR, Human Rights, Labour Standards |
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31 May – 1 June 2010
Christine Kaufmann, University of Zürich
The course will focus on one of the most controversial issues in the globalization debate: the interface between international trade and human rights which brings together not only different areas of law but also public and private actors. We will look at potential legal conflicts between trade law and human rights and discuss their impacts on international governance. Possible solutions to reconcile the two legal regimes will include principles of general international law as well as the concept of corporate social responsibility.
Lecturer:
Christine Kaufmann is a Professor of International, Constitutional and Administrative law at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. From 1991-2000, she first served in the legal department and then as a Director of Human Resources at the Swiss Central Bank. During that time she was a member of the EFTA expert groups on financial services and free movement of capital and services and represented the Swiss Central Bank in the negotiations on the European Economic Area. After a stay as a research scholar at the University of Michigan’s Law School and before joining the law faculty in Zurich, she was Director of Legal Research at the World Trade Institute in Berne. She is a member of the Bar Association Examination Panel of the Canton of Zurich. Her main research interests include the linkages between international trade law and human rights, the relationship between the international trade and international financial systems and the implications of globalization on constitutional law.
Cost: CHF 1’000.-
Registration date: 24 May 2010
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Master Programme (MILE) 