Law and Poverty IV: Moving Towards International Poverty Law?

3 - 4 May 2001 / Oñati, Spain

The aim of this workshop was to discuss economic, social and cultural rights advocacy in the context of:
-The WTO, UNCTAD, OECD, IMF, and the World Bank
-Regional free trade agreements such as NAFTA, Mercosur, Caricom, Andean Community, European Union, Asia/Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, ASEAN, etc.
-The activities of transnational corporations pursuant to international law and codes of conduct developed by the OECD and organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, among others.

Programme.

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Crisis and austerity: A painful watershed for the South European welfare state

May 6, 2013, 12-14, / University of Bergen

Open lecture with CROP Fellow Professor Maria Petmesidou: What is the status and impact of the financial crisis on the welfare states in Greece and other countries in South Europe?

Public Meetings at World Social Science Seminar

March 26-27, 2013 / Quito, Ecuador

CROP, jointly with the ISSC, IHDP and Andean University Simon Bolivar, is organizing two public panels, taking place within the framework of the WSS Seminar "Sustainable Urbanization: Innovative approaches to understanding urbanization in the 21st century".