HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION

Abstract

In recent years, “globalization” has become an intensely-debated issue at all levels of society across the world which turns the whole world in a globe village. It means that the economy of the world operating under a neo-liberal free market ideology and is increasingly integrated into one capitalist political economy. It is only possible through globalization that the world would perceive unique or exceptional enjoyment of human rights everywhere. All people are aware of its business-driven character which spills over a tremendous aura that has shaped the global trend to an unprecedented homogenized culture. While globalization has enhanced the ability of civil society to function across borders and promote human rights, other actors have gained the power to violate human rights in unforeseen ways. On one hand, Globalization has brought opportunity to improvements in human rights and on other hand posed serious challenges of grass violation of human rights for instance right to equality and other socio economic rights. In developing countries socio-economic consequences of globalization are anti-poor and ant- marginalized as its benefits are unevenly shared and its costs are unevenly distributed which adversely affects the full enjoyment of all human rights. Therefore, Globalization has played both a positive and negative role in the advancement of human rights around the world. Hence, it is an urgent need to strengthen the human face of globalization. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to address the impact of globalization on human rights.