Since the 1960s there has been a growing concern with the human rights implications of economic globalization. Human rights have been increasingly endangered by global economic forces and multinational corporations not constrained by national borders and international legal mechanisms. In 1998, the United Nations sub-committee on human rights adopted Resolution 1999/30 which recommends all governments and economic policy forums take international human rights obligations and principles fully into account in economic policy formation. Since then, the link between globalization and human rights has continued to be explored in the UN and various policy making bodies.
