Preliminary Report of the Special Rapporteurs, J. Oloka-Onyango and Deepika Udagama, to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, The Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Globalization and its Impact on the Full Enjoyment of Human Rig

This report discusses issues of equality and non-discrimination resulting from the processes of globalization, focusing on the situation of women in particular. The report draws connections between globalization and growing global inequality, addressing issues such as worsening labour conditions, labour migration and racial discrimination. In responding to these challenges, the authors argue for the primacy of international human rights law over all other regimes of international law (including trade agreements), as well as the need to incorporate gender analysis into the policies and processes that facilitate economic globalization.