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The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Labour Organization

Author: James J. Brudney; Janice R. Bellace
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035320004
Published In: April 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This comprehensive book analyses the laws and practices of the International Labour Organization (ILO), addressing the distinctive role of tripartism within the ILO governance structure since 1919, and analysing the organization’s contributions to the protection and promotion of workers’ rights on a global scale.

Contributors explore a breadth of issues crucial to the ILO’s objective of achieving decent work in collaboration with governments, workers and employers. Topics covered include application of the ILO’s ‘fundamental principles’ covering freedom of association, equality, safety and health, and the prevention of forced labour and child labour. In addition, the book addresses provision of social security benefits, the development of effective employment policies, the implementation of functional labour inspection and the recognition of indigenous peoples’ voices. Chapters also present a granular analysis of the ILO supervisory system, outlining the value and limits of the organization’s soft power. The Companion envisions the ILO’s future, highlighting the obstacles that prevent secure worker rights and protections in both the informal and digital economies, as well as the impact of ILO conventions on trade agreements.

The Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Labour Organization is an essential resource for legal scholars and students, particularly those interested in labour and human rights. Practitioners working within labour unions, NGOs and other human rights fields will also find the book’s theoretical and practical insights to be highly relevant.

Preface ix

Introduction: The ILO in law and practice 1

James J. Brudney and Janice R. Bellace

PART I EVOLUTION ACROSS FOUR ERAS

Built to last: the ILO 1919–1945 15

Janice R. Bellace

The post-war era: the ILO role in human rights protection and economic governance 31

Tonia Novitz

Between yesterday and tomorrow: the ILO in the ‘global’ decades of the 1960s and 1970s 47

Jill M. Jensen

How does the ILO govern? From the 1998 Declaration to the present 61

Ingrid Landau

PART II THE STRUCTURE OF THE ILO

Overview of ILO standards and the supervisory system 80

Lee Swepston

The authoritative role of the ILO Committee of Experts 96

Jordi Agustí-Panareda and Karen Curtis

The CAS and its role through the decades 113

Deborah Greenfield

The transformative promise of the ILO standards system on workers’ lives 131

Corinne Vargha and Beatriz Vacotto

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ILO relations with other international organizations 148

Anne Trebilcock

PART III FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

11.

Forced labour then and now: the enduring power of ILO standards 166

Aurélie Hauchѐre Vuong and Alix Nasri

12.

The ILO and the elimination of child labour 184

Kamala Sankaran

13.

Freedom of association 200

Bernd Waas

14.

Equality and non-discrimination 217

Shauna Olney and Rosemary Owens

15.

A safe and healthy working environment 238

Erica Martin

PART IV ACHIEVING DECENT WORK

16.

The right to social security at the core of decent work and social justice 256

Maya Stern Plaza, Luisa Carmona Llano, Kroum Markov and Christina Behrendt

17.

The ILO’s contribution to the goal of full employment 275

Gerry Rodgers

18.

Decent work for indigenous peoples: preserving an ancestral perspective 292

Lelio Bentes Corrêa

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Labour inspection and the ILO: challenges and opportunities 309

James J. Brudney

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Incorporating ILO standards in domestic legislation and jurisprudence 327

Xavier Beaudonnet and Valérie Van Goethem

PART V LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

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Applying ILO conventions to the informal economy: a developing world context 347

Evance Kalula and Elmarie Fourie

22.

The platform and digital economy: opportunities presented to the ILO 366

Mathias Wouters

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References to ILO instruments in trade law: a path toward coherence? 383

Franz Christian Ebert

24.

A long view of the ILO’s normative agenda: deciphering ILO standards policy 401

Lisa Tortell and Tomi Kohiyama

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The limits of ILO power 417

Kari Tapiola

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