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Let's Argue about Migration: advancing a right(s) discourse via communicative opportunities
The emerging global governance of migration is dominated by two discourses which shape policy approaches: 1) migration management and 2) the migration-development nexus. With large numbers of labour migrants being marginalised, migrant rights organisations have formed global alliances to argue for the centrality of a third discourse, the rights-based approach to migration. The question is how to inject this into the global debate which has sidelined migrant rights issues. Despite having hardly any bargaining power and restricted space for direct access vis-à-vis global governing institutions, migrant rights organisations are employing a number of strategies to overcome this marginalisation. We analyse these efforts by drawing on social movement studies and International Relations research on communicative action. Empirically this article draws on observations made during two major global fora: the negotiations in connection with the new Convention on 'Decent Work for Domestic Workers' at the International Labour Conference (ilc) and civil society participation in the Global Forum on Migration and Development (gfmd).
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International Labor Organization – The Main Player in the International Arena
For centuries, history has preserved the sufferings of those who, through hard work, earned a living in order to exist. The First World War, in addition to the loss of many, highlighted this lack of labor regulation but also awareness of social developments and the need for legislative adaptations or the creation of new rules to facilitate the flow of socio-economic development. The peoples and states of the world have high hopes for the future work of the ILO, in its actions dedicated to promoting optimal, realistic solutions to the social problems facing billions of workers. and this all the more so as the International Labor Organization has amply proved that, far from being a mere depository of international conventions, it has become a dynamic factor of social life, of the international arena
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International Labor Standards and International Trade
This paper reviews controversies regarding linkage of international trade and labor standards. Pressures for international harmonization of labor standards arise in the context of increased trade between countries with large disparities in wages, and also reflect the history of labor standards. A critical distinction is made between standards related to fundamental human rights and those related to employment conditions. The main conclusion is that trade sanctions to enforce labor standards should not be an option, but that international agreements on core labor standards, with voluntary compliance, may, apart from being worthwhile on ethical grounds, defuse calls for protection.
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Scaling Up Care Activism in Transnational Spaces
In the midafternoon of June 16, 2011, during the annual International Labour Conference (ILC), I was in a cavernous room at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, waiting to hear whether ILO Convention 189 (C189), Decent Work for Domestic Workers, would pass.¹ C189 offers specific protections for domestic workers and requires states to implement measures for ensuring decent working conditions for this group. I was at the back of the room, where members of the public, civil society representatives, and domestic worker activists were seated. It was exhausting to listen to country representatives and members of the employers’ groups
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La Comisión de Aplicación de Normas de la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo
La Commission de lapplication des normes de la Conférence, organe permanent de composition tripartite de la Conférence internationale du Travail et rouage essentiel du système de contrôle de lOIT, a la responsabilité dexaminer chaque année dans quelle mesure les normes internationales du travail sont mises en uvre par les Etats membres de lOIT et de faire rapport à la Conférence à ce sujet.Mais quel est donc limpact des travaux de cette commission et de son rapport annuel ? Dans les différents pays concernés, quelles sont les conséquences pratiques de ces discussions tripartites qui se tiennent chaque année ? Avec le recul du temps, quelles sont les transformations concrètes qui se produisent dans les différents systèmes juridiques comme politiques ? A loccasion de la 100e session de la Conférence internationale du Travail et du 85e anniversaire de la Commission de lapplication des normes de la Conférence, il semble important de souligner le travail considérable accompli par cet organe.
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The jurisdiction of the ILO to hear complaints regarding trade union freedom
The principle of tripartism applies to both the International Labour Conference and the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The term in the context of the ILO, refers to the constitutional requirement that government representatives participate on an equal footing with workers' and employers' representatives. Tripartism manifests itself at meetings of the two bodies. Each of the workers' group, employers' group and government delegates tend to speak with one voice. Tripartism has also been extended to committees. The conference is the legislative body. Its functions include the adoption of conventions and recommendations. The functions of the Governing Body, which is the executive organ, include the consideration of representations and complaints against member states for failure to implement conventions which they have ratified, the recommendation of action to be taken against a member which does not take the necessary action regarding the implementation of conventions, the response to recommendations of a commission of inquiry or a decision of the International Court of Justice concerning a complaint, and the drafting of the rules concerning the powers, functions and procedure of regional conferences.
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