POLS 3212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: List Of International Labour Organization Conventions, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Soft Law
13 Dec 2018
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Labor rights are a subset of economic rights. Briefly in the iccpr which includes protections for labor rights. Against slavery and forced labor (article 8) Oldest un institutions (1919) from the league of nations. Including ilo 182 in the worst forms of child labor. States are bound by norms of widespread practice over time. Some have argued that key labor rights should be considered part of customary law: Included in the ilo declaration on fundamental rights at work (soft law) and backed up in ilo conventions (hard law) Freedom of association (right to form/join organizations without interference) ilo 87. Right to organize (prohibits anti-union discrimination and prevents interference by either workers or employers in one another"s activities) Collective bargaining (free negotiation of wage and benefit agreements) Abolition of forced labor (you cannot be compelled to work, except for prison labor, compulsory military service) ilo 29 and 105. Minimum age ilo 138 and 182 ******
