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TITLE OF THE PAPER :

IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

NAME : PRARTHITA BISWAS

DESIGNATION : ASST.PROF.,PAILAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION,(Affiliated t t!e UNI"ERSIT# OF CALCUTTA$

Be%&al Paila% Pa' , PAILAN GROUP,) a,* l ata

ABSTRACT

Globalization is a multidimensional phenomenon, comprising numerous complex

and interrelated processes that have a dynamism of their own. It involves a deepening and

broadening of rapid trans-boundary exchanges due to developments in technology,

communications, and media. uch exchanges and interactions occur at all levels of

governance and among non-state actors, creating a more interdependent world. Globalization

is not new, although its forms and the technology that spurs it have changed. Globalization

today is most often associated with economic interdependence, deregulation, and a

dominance of the mar!etplace that includes a shifting of responsibilities from state to non-

state actors. "conomic globalization has been accompanied by a mar!ed increase in the

influence of international financial mar!ets and transnational institutions, including

corporations, in determining national policies and priorities. In addition, information and

communications technology has emerged as a dominant force in the global system of

production, while trade in goods, services, and financial instruments are more prevalent than

any time in history.

#uman rights are a set of principled ideas about the treatment to which individuals are

entitled by virtue of being human. $ver time, these ideas have gained widespread acceptance

as international norms defining what was necessary for humans to thrive, both in terms of

being protected from abuses and provided with the elements to live a life in dignity.... %he

human right discourse is universal in character and includes claims of e&uality and non-

discrimination.

%he main idea of the paper is that in the era of globalization and democratized

violence the main threat to the en'oyment of human rights comes not from the state, as

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before, but from %ransnational (orporations)%*(s+. articularly vulnerable to this threat are

developing countries, since for the circumstances peculiar to them existing system of

ensuring accountability for human rights violations by non-state actors, inter alia %*(s, is

inherently dead-born hile the paper suggests a new avenue to see! 'ustice against %*(s, it

underlines the necessity of constructive dialogue between business and human rights that

should be based on mutual respect for both interests.

/ey words0 Globalization, human rights, democratized violence, developing countries,

violence

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