Public Procurement and Human Rights

Edited by Olga Martin-Ortega, Professor of International Law and Director of the Business, Human Rights and the Environment Research Group (BHRE), School of Law, University of Greenwich, UK and Claire Methven O’Brien, Reader in Law, School of Law, University of Dundee, UK

'Olga Martin-Ortega and Claire Methven O’Brien have edited an important book that centres the human rights questions arising from public procurement processes. The 14 chapters in Martin-Ortega and O’Brien’s edited book fill an important gap by undertaking an incisive and insightful analysis of the human rights implications of public procurement processes from a cross-disciplinary perspective.'

• Contents:Editors’ prefacePART I INTRODUCTION1. Public procurement and human rights: interrogating the role of the state as buyer Olga Martin-Ortega and Claire Methven O’BrienPART II FRAMEWORKS AND ACTORS 2. Human rights and national procurement rules in the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government ProcurementOpi Outhwaite3. Human rights in the context of public procurements financed by the World Bank Sope Williams-Elegbe4. The human rights responsibilities of international organizations as procuring authorities Deborah Russo5. Constitutionalising public procurement through human rights: lessons from South AfricaGeo Quinot6. Public procurement and ‘core’ human rights: a sketch of the European Union legal framework Albert Sanchez-Graells7. Civil liability for abuses of ILO core labour rights in European Union government supply chains: Ireland as a case studyEamonn Conlon8. Public procurement and human rights: current role and potential of voluntary sustainability standards Axel MarxPART III OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES: INSIGHTS FROM PRACTICE9. Outsourcing and bonded labour in military and diplomatic security services James Sinclair10. Public procurement and human rights in the healthcare sector: the Swedish county councils’ collaborative model Pauline Göthberg11. Public procurement and modern slavery risks in the English adult social care sector Caroline Emberson and Alexander Trautrims12. Making rights effective in public procurement supply chains: lessons from the electronics sector Björn Skorpen Claeson13. Supply chain transparency in public procurement: lessons from the apparel sector Robert Stumberg and Nicole Vander MeulenPART IV CONCLUSION 14 Public procurement and human rights: towards legal and policy coherence in pursuit of sustainable market economies Claire Methven O’Brien and Olga Martin-OrtegaIndex