1st Edition
The Multilateral Trading System and Human Rights A Governance Space Theory on Linkages
Biography
Mihir Kanade is Head of the Department of International Law and Human Rights at the United Nations–mandated University for Peace (UPEACE), headquartered in Costa Rica, and Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He holds an LLB from Nagpur University, India, and master’s and doctorate degrees from UPEACE. He is an adjunct faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Spain; Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal; and Long Island University, USA. He serves on the International Advisory Board of the International Bar Association on the topic of Business and Human Rights. He also coleads an educational project with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting the right to development. Prior to his pursuit in academia, he practised as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court of India.
‘The Governance Space theory is a significant contribution to the complex study of trade, globalisation and human rights.’
Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo, Dean, United Nations-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica
‘A compelling case for a right to development approach to WTO and human rights linkages.’
Makau Mutua, SUNY Distinguished Professor, University at Buffalo School of Law, New York, USA
