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2006

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Frank J. Garcia

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The Salmon Case: Evolution Of Balancing Mechanisms For Non-Trade Values In Wto, Frank Garcia Dec 2005

The Salmon Case: Evolution Of Balancing Mechanisms For Non-Trade Values In Wto, Frank Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

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Integrating Trade And Human Rights In The Americas, Frank Garcia Dec 2005

Integrating Trade And Human Rights In The Americas, Frank Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

This paper analyzes the relationship between the OAS Inter-American human rights system and several regional integration systems, including NAFTA, MERCOSUR and the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Broadly speaking, there are two models for the relationship between integration systems and human rights protection: the leverage model and the incorporation model. The leverage model involves making effective participation in extrinsic human rights systems a legal or political condition of integration system membership. The incorporation model focuses on the juridical interpenetration of the two systems at many levels. This paper will focus on the leverage model, as it applies …