Getting Beyond Tier 1: Using a systems approach to improve working conditions in global supply chains

“Engaging with suppliers beyond tier one is particularly challenging. But it is vital, as the biggest social and environmental risks often lie hidden further down the supply chain. The ILO …

Trade Union Comments: LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT TO REGULATE, IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, THE ACTIVITIES OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

“Trade Union Comments The trade unions welcome the publication of the second revised draft of the Legally Binding Instrument by the Chairmanship of the Open-ended Inter-governmental Working Group (OEIGWG). With …

UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association and Assembly Report: Celebrating women in activism and civil society: the enjoyment of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association by women and girls

“In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clement N. Voule, recognizes and elevates the contributions of women in civil …

Curso: NORMAS INTERNACIONALES DEL TRABAJO PARA MAGISTRADOS, JURISTAS Y DOCENTES EN DERECHO

El Centro Internacional de Formación de la OIT realiza cada año un Curso especializado para Magistrados, Juristas y docentes en Derecho, sobre Normas Internacionales del Trabajo y cómo utilizarlas en …

October 5 – November 6, 2020

Stranded migrants need safe and dignified return, says independent UN rights panel

‘Left to die’ Citing reports of ill-treatment and torture “every single day in detention camps”, the UN Committee on Migrant Workers raised the alarm over facilities in Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia …

Observación relativa al derecho de reunión pacífica del Comité de Derechos Humanos-PIDCP

El 17 de septiembre de 2020, el Comité de Derechos Humanos del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos de Naciones Unidas emitió la Observación General No. 37, relativa al …

ILO report on Youth Aspirations and the Future of Work

The report reviews “the literature on the concepts and drivers of aspirations; develops a conceptual framework that relates labour market conditions to aspirations; maps the existing survey-based evidence on the …

Looking back to look ahead: A rights-based approach to social protection in the post-COVID-19 economic recovery

As the world faces the deepest economic recession since the 1929 Great Depression, social protection is again on the top of the international agenda, years after the adoption in 2012 …

The 2020 Draft UN Business and Human Rights Treaty–Steady Progress Towards Historic Failure

“It is not only appropriate, but essential, then, to seek to establish within the framework of the UN human rights system a universal normative platform to facilitate the evaluation and …

SISTEMA DE CONTROL DE APLICACIÓN DE NORMAS INTERNACIONALES EN LA OIT. Importancia de la participación sindical

Compartimos con nuestros afiliados y afiliadas una presentación de #ILAWNetwork resúmen de los mecanismos de control de aplicación de Normas Internacionales en la OIT, con especial énfasis en el envío …

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