Labour Rights as Human Rights

Employment / Labour Law

Labour Rights as Human Rights

By Philip Alston
Oxford University Press March 2005

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780199281060
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
March 2005
Format
Paperback , 264 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Addresses the controversial issue of tension between human rights and globalization
  • Critically examines the work of the WTO, the EU, NAFTA, and the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas and their effect on protection of labour rights
  • Explores the options open to governments, civil society, and the labour movement in the future

Are efforts to protect workers' rights compatible with the forces of globalization? How can minimum standards designed to protect labour rights be implemented in a world in which national labour law is more and more at the mercy of international forces beyond its control? The contributors to this volume argue that international agreements and institutions are of central importance if labour rights are to be protected in a globalized economy, exploring some of the options that are open to governments, civil society, and the labour movement in the years ahead.

Readership: Scholars and advanced students of labour law and human rights.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors


Philip Alston: 1. Labour Rights as Human Rights: The Not so Happy State of the Art


Simon Deakin: 2. Social Rights in a Globalized Economy


Patrick Macklem: 3. The Right to Bargain Collectively in International Law: Workers' Right, Human Right, International Right?


Francis Maupain: 4. Is the ILO Effective in Upholding Workers' Rights?: Reflections on the Myanmar Experience


Steve Charnovitz: 5. The Labor Dimension of the Emerging Free Trade Area of the Americas


Anne Davies: 6. Should the EU Have the Power to Set Minimum Standards for Collective Labour Rights in the Member States?


Tonia Novitz: 7. The European Union and International Labour Standards: The Dynamics of Dialogue Between the EU and the ILO


Index



 


 



About the Author

Edited by Philip Alston, Professor of Law at New York University Law School

Contributors:

Philip Alston


Simon Deakin


Patrick Macklem


Francis Maupain


Steve Charnovitz


Anne Davies


Tonia Novitz

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