Sovereign Debt and Human Rights

Sovereign Debt and Human Rights: An Introduction, Ilias Bantekas and Cephas Lumina

Part I - The Historical, Economic and Political Context of Sovereign Debt
Chapter 1: The Historical Context of Sovereign Debt, Kim Oosterlinck
Chapter 2: Sovereign Debt Crises: A Problem of Debt Management?, Rosa María Lastra and Vassilis Paliouras
Chapter 3: Human Rights and Sovereign Debts in the Context of Property and Creditor Rights, Arturo C. Porzecanski

Part II - Sovereign Debt Financing: Institutions and Modalities
Chapter 4: Private Loans to Sovereign Borrowers, Mauro Megliani
Chapter 5: Export Credits, Sovereign Debt, and Human Rights, Sara L. Seck and Daniela Chmisso dos Santos
Chapter 6: The Financial and Social Cost of Public Private Partnerships, María José do Ellmers
Chapter 7: Foreign Investment, Sovereign Debt and Human Rights, Matthias Goldmann
Chapter 8: The Role of Credit Rating Agencies in Sovereign Debt Markets, Aline Darbellay Susso

Part III - The Impact of Sovereign Debt on Human Rights
Chapter 9: Sovereign Debt and Human Rights: Making the Connection, Cephas Lumina
Chapter 10: Sovereign Debt and the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter
Chapter 11: Sovereign Debt and the Right to Health, Tim Jones
Chapter 12: Sovereign Debt and its Impact on the Right to Education, Ilias Bantekas
Chapter 13: Sovereign Debt and the Right to Development, Gail Hurley
Chapter 14: Sovereign Debt and Self-Determination, Ilias Bantekas
Chapter 15: Debt Crises, Economic Adjustment and Labour Standards, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Franz Christian Ebert
Chapter 16: Sovereign Debt and Civil/Political Rights, Sarah Joseph
Chapter 17: Illicit Financial Flows, Sovereign Debt and Human Rights, Cephas Lumina and Mulesa Lumina

Part IV - The Impact of Economic Adjustment Policies on Human Rights
Chapter 18: Towards a More Ethical Lending to Sovereigns, Barry Herman
Chapter 19: Conditionality and Debt Relief: An Overview, Thomas Stubbs and Alexander Kentikelenis
Chapter 20: Debt, Austerity and the Structural Responses of Social Rights, Ben Warwick
Chapter 21: Guiding Principles to Assess the Human Rights Impact of Economic Reforms?, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky

Part V - Human Rights-Based Responses to Sovereign Debt Crises
Chapter 22: Odious Debt, Adverse Creditors and the Democratic Ideal, Margot E. Salomon and Robert Howse
Chapter 23: A Soft Law Mechanism for Sovereign Debt Restructuring Based on the UN Principles, Martin Guzman and Joseph E Stiglitz
Chapter 24: A Sovereign Debt Arbitral Mechanism from a Human Rights Perspective, Ilias Bantekas
Chapter 25: Citizen Debt Audits, Maria Lucia Fattorelli
Chapter 26: Curbing 'Vulture Fund' Litigation, Cephas Lumina
Chapter 27: Sustainable Financing through Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM): The Role of International Law, Francesco Seatzu
Chapter 28: The Right to Unilateral Repudiation of Odious, Illegal and Illegitimate Sovereign Debt as a Human Rights Defence, Ilias Bantekas
Conclusion, Ilias Bantekas and Cephas Lumina