Of Austerity, Human Rights and International Institutions
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Speaker
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Margot Salomon
Associate Professor; Law Department and at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE; Director Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy, LSE
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Chair
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Professor Kevin Featherstone
Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE
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Date
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Tuesday, 8 December 2015
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Venue
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Cañada Blanch Room, COW 1.11, 1st floor, Cowdray House
European Institute, LSE
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Time
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18:00-19:30
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Abstract
Dr Margot Salomon discussed her role as advisor to Special Committee of the Hellenic Parliament on the Audit of the Greek Debt, the issues at the forefront of its establishment by the Speaker of the Greek Parliament in early 2015, and her recent research on the legal obligations of the various international creditors to respect the social rights of the people of Greece.
This seminar drew on ideas that underpin two papers: 'Of Austerity, Human Rights and International Institutions' and 'Economic Policy Conditionality, Socio-economic Rights and International Legal Responsibility. The Case of Greece 2010-2015'.
Austerity measures have led to the denial of social rights and widespread socio-economic malaise across Europe. In the case of countries subjected to conditionality imposed by international institutions, the resultant harms have highlighted a range of responsibility gaps. Taking Greece as a case study, Dr Salomon’s recent work considers the international responsibility of the various creditors involved in the Greek social rights crisis and addresses what states and international institutions influencing the terms of conditionality in recipient countries should do in order to comply with their human rights obligations.
Biography
Dr Salomon is Associate Professor in the Law Department and Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics where she also directs the Centre's Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy. Working across disciplines, Margot specialises in international law, human rights and global economic justice. She has been a consultant to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on extreme poverty and human rights (2009) and the World Bank’s Nordic Trust Fund on human rights and economics (2011); Advisor to the UN High-level Task Force on the Right to Development (2004-9), and; a member of the International Law Association's Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2008-2012). She is currently vice-chair of the Association of Human Rights Institutes. Recent publications include: ‘Of Austerity, Human Rights and International Institutions’ European Law Journal (2015); ‘You Say You Want a Revolution: Challenges of Market Primacy for the Human Rights Project’ in W. Vandenhole (ed) Challenging Territoriality in Human Rights Law (Routledge, 2015).
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