Trading Human Rights: How Preferential Trade Agreements Influence Government Repression

By E. Hafner-Burton. International Organization, 2005

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The power of functionalist extension: how EU rules travel (2014, background): “Beyond the neighbourhood, the EU can make the signature of trade agreements conditional on third countries’ respect for certain market, environmental or human rights norms (Hafner-Burton 2005; Damro 2012).”
Treaty Compliance and Violation (2010, background): “Emilie Hafner-Burton argues that human rights don’t just improve on their own accord; improvements are instead associated with hard-nosed efforts by the international community to link preferential trade agreements to improvements (Hafner-Burton 2005).”
Right or Robust? The Sensitive Nature of Repression to Globalization (2005, background): “…advantages independent from the nation-state (Cerny, 1996); the establishment of global economic institutions (McCorquodale & Fairbrother, 1999); the proliferation of multinational corporations (Meyer, 1996; Smith, Bolyard & Ippolito, 1999); and preferential trade agreements (Hafner-Burton, 2005).”
International Regimes for Human Rights (2012, background): “Hafner-Burton (2005) argued that a growing number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have come to play a significant role in governing state compliance with human rights.”