Globalization and Human Rights

1. Globalization and Human Rights Mercyhurst College Teams GlobalBlue & GlobalRed 9 November 2007

2. Agenda • Terms Of Reference • Methodology • Overall Findings • Globalized Media Findings • Multinational Corporations Findings • State Sovereignty Findings • Wiki Tutorial

3. Terms Of Reference • Primary Question: • What will be the positive and negative impacts of globalization on human rights over the next 1-2 years? • Secondary Questions: • How does the presence of multinational corporations impact human rights in key countries? • What role does a globalized media play in publicizing human rights abuses? • How is globalization affecting state sovereignty, and by extension the human rights situation, of key countries?

4. Methodology • Analysis of Competing Hypotheses • Designed to test two hypotheses: • Globalization positively impacts human rights • Globalization negatively impacts human rights • Case Study Method • Select countries from different regions of the world were analyzed to determine impacts of globalization on human rights worldwide

5. Overall Estimate Globalization Likely To Have Modest Negative Impact On Human Rights Over The Next One To Two Years

6. Overall Findings • Globalization twice as likely to negatively impact the following human rights: • Life, liberty and security of person • An adequate standard of living • Globalization likely to mildly impact the following human right: • Fair and public trial

7. Overall Findings • Globalization likely to positively impact the following human rights: • Education • Globalization likely to mildly impact the following human right: • Security of person within the state

8. Overall Findings • Globalization likely to have no discernible effect on the following human rights: • Asylum • Marital freedom • Rest and leisure • Academic and artistic freedom

9. Overall Findings • Geographic Distribution: • Likely negative impact: • China, India • Likely positive impact: • Russia • Likely equal impact: • Brazil, Nigeria

10. Globalized Media Globalized media, primarily online media sources, likely to have net positive impact on human rights

11. Globalized Media • Likely positive impacts: • Awareness of human rights violations • Freedom of speech • Likely negative impacts: • Under-reporting • Biased and falsified reporting

12. Multinational Corporations Multinational corporations likely to have a net negative impact on human rights

13. Multinational Corporations • Likely negative impacts: • Environmental degradation • Poor working conditions • Likely positive impacts: • Educational opportunities • Poverty reduction

14. State Sovereignty Impact of globalization on state sovereignty issues highly likely to have a net negative impact on human rights

15. State Sovereignty • Likely negative impacts: • Suppression of minorities • Foreign interference • Likely positive impacts: • Increased pressure for human rights reforms

16. Wiki Tutorial • Joint Key Findings • Global Blue • Global Red