ABSTRACT This article focuses on the vexed relationship between human rights and economic policy reform. It opens with an exploration of the reasons for the historic and contemporary nonalignment and disconnect between these areas. It then turns to an overview of the 2019 Guiding Principles on Human Rights Impact Assessments for Economic Reform Policies, developed under the mandate of UN Independent Expert on debt and human rights. Having introduced the different contributions to the Special Issue, the authors conclude by addressing the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis for the relationship between human rights and economic policy reform. Will this crisis serve as an opportunity to accelerate mutual understanding or will human rights concerns remain subordinated to economic ones?

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人权和经济政策改革

摘要 本文关注人权与经济政策改革之间的棘手关系。它以探索历史和当代不结盟以及这些地区之间脱节的原因开始。然后，它概述了在联合国债务与人权问题独立专家的授权下制定的 2019 年经济改革政策人权影响评估指导原则。作者介绍了对特刊的不同贡献，最后讨论了 COVID-19 大流行危机对人权与经济政策改革之间关系的影响。这场危机是否会成为促进相互理解的机会，还是人权问题仍要从属于经济问题？