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Declaration Overview

An overview of the ILO declarationo on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

Organizing for social justice. Global report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work. Report of the Director-General, 2004

20 May 2004

Freedom of association, and the recognition of the right to bargain collectively, are not only fundamental human rights at work, but also vital elements of economic, social and political processes. Organizing for social justice takes account of the current trends in exercising these rights as well as the significant challenges that still remain in many parts of the world, particularly in the today’s global economy.
Declaration Overview

01 May 2004

An overview of the ILO declarationo on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
Brochure on ILO fundamental principles and rights at work

01 May 2004

overview of the ILO fundamental principles and rights at work
Trafficking of migrant workers from Romania: Issues of labour and sexual exploitation

10 January 2004

This paper, prepared by a team of Romanian researchers under the supervision of Dr. Catalin Ghinarau, and by Mariska N.J. van der Linden, argues that trafficking for labour exploitation is an emerging issue in the region and in particular in Romania.
Chinese migrants and Forced Labour in Europe

07 January 2004

This working paper, by Chinese lawyer Gao Yun, is the result mainly of a desk review drawing on existing literature about Chinese migration to Europe, and of analysis of current Chinese law on trafficking. (Available in French, English and Chinese)
Human Trafficking in Europe: an Economic Perspective

06 January 2004

This paper is a broad mapping survey, placing the concerns of trafficking within broader migration analysis (including the role of irregular migration). It comments on the financial flows involved in trafficking, and on the different patterns of financing trafficking services. It also contains a brief review of the evidence, as to the extent to which organized crime is involved in human trafficking.
A Rapid Assessment of Bonded Labour in Pakistan's Mining Sector

03 January 2004

This paper, written by Mr Ahmad Salim, of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad, deals with bonded labour in Pakistan’s mining sector.
A rapid assessment of bonded labour in hazardous industries in Pakistan: glass bangle-making, tanneries and construction

03 January 2004

This paper examines labour arrangements and bonded labour in three hazardous industrial sectors in Pakistan: construction, glass bangle-making and tanneries. The research and analysis was undertaken by a team of researchers from the Collective for Social Science Research in Karachi. The same team also investigated domestic work and begging, the results of which are reported in another Working Paper.
A rapid assessment of bonded labour in domestic work and begging in Pakistan

03 January 2004

This paper examines labour arrangements and bonded labour in domestic work and begging. The research and analysis was undertaken by a team of researchers from the Collective for Social Science Research in Karachi. The same team also investigated domestic work and begging, the results of which are reported in another Working Paper.
A rapid assessment of bonded labour in the carpet industry of Pakistan

03 January 2004

This paper , written by Dr Zafar Mueen Nasir, of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics in Islamabad, deals with on bonded labour in Pakistan’s carpet-weaving sector.
Unfree labour in Pakistan: work, debt and bondage in brick kilns

03 January 2004

This paper on bonded labour in Pakistan’s brick sector was prepared by a team of researchers / activists from the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) in Karachi.
Bonded Labour in agriculture: a rapid assessment in Punjab and North West frontier province, Pakistan

03 January 2004

This Working Paper is one of a series of Rapid Assessments of bonded labour in Pakistan, each of which examines a different economic sector. Dr G. M. Arif, of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) in Islamabad, is the author of this paper on bonded labour in the agriculture sector in Punjab and North West Frontier Province.
Bonded Labour in agriculture: a rapid assessment in Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan

03 January 2004

This Working Paper is one of a series of Rapid Assessments of bonded labour in Pakistan, each of which examines a different economic sector. The aim of these studies is to inform the implementation of the Government of Pakistan’s National Policy and Plan of Action for the Abolition of Bonded Labour, adopted in 2001. Maliha Hussein and her collaborators were responsible for preparation of this paper on bonded labour in the agriculture sector in Sindh and Balochistan provinces. It should be read in conjunction with a companion paper that covers Punjab and North West Frontier Province.
Forced Labour: Definition, Indicators and Measurement

03 January 2004

This paper represents a first step to estimate the global magnitude of forced labour. It describes the various forms of forced labour in existence, reviews available indicators of forced labour, summarises and discusses some methods that have been used for measurement, and provides some guidance for future work on the subject.
Pay equity, minimum wage and equality at work

01 November 2003

Professor Jill Rubery was commissioned by the ILO to write this Working Paper, as an input for the preparation of the 2003 Global Report on the elimination of discrimination in the world of work2. The establishment of a floor to the wage structure is of paramount importance to groups of workers discriminated on grounds such as sex, ethnicity, national origin, age and disability, as these groups are disproportionately represented at the bottom of the occupational hierarchy. By identifying the role that minimum wages can play in reducing gender discrimination in pay, Jill Rubery’s paper contributes to our understanding of the forms of labour market processes compatible with the promotion of non-discrimination, equality and decent work.
Normalised and disaggregated gaps in basic workers' rights

01 November 2003

In a preceding working paper I put forward a concept and measurements of gaps in the basic labour rights of workers that are human rights – freedom of association and collective
Gender-based occupational segregation in the 1990's

01 September 2003

The importance of occupational sex segregation as a form of discrimination is recognised in ILO Convention on Discrimination (Employment and Occupation), 1958 (No. 111). It is one of the most insidious aspects of gender inequality in the labour market, since it is generally accompanied by lower pay and worse working conditions in female occupations. It is also one of the most enduring aspects of labour markets around the world.
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining: A study of Indonesian experience 1998-2003

01 September 2003

Patrick Quinn served as the Chief Technical Adviser of an ILO project in Indonesia that sought to help trade unionists, inter alia, how to organize and administer workers’ organizations and how to negotiate with employers – starting in the late 1990s when the Suharto regime first began to wobble and them fell in mid-1998, and continuing up to early 2003. He was therefore a privileged observer of the changes that occurred, well placed to report on developments. For that reason, I asked him to put black on white what he had seen and heard for the preparation of the ILO’s forthcoming second global report on freedom of association and collective bargaining, which is due to be discussed at next June’s International Labour Conference.
Equal Opportunities Practices and Enterprise Performance: An Investigation based on Australian and British Data

01 September 2003

Professor Virginie Pérotin2, Dr. Andrew Robinson and Dr. Joanne Loundes were commissioned by the ILO to write this Working Paper, as an input for the preparation of the ILO Director-General’s Global Report to the 2003 session of the International Labour Conference3. The paper examines the incidence of policies and practices for combatting discrimination and promoting equal opportunities among enterprises in Britain and Australia, and investigates the factors that lead enterprises to adopt such practices and their effect on productivity. The paper focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and compares their case with that of larger firms at each stage of the analysis.
Gaps in basic workers' rights: Measuring international adherence to and implementation of the Organization's values with public ILO data

01 May 2003

Several ILO colleagues recently began work on Decent Work indicators. Almost invariably, they ran into problems capturing comprehensively what is at the very centre of the ILO and Decent Work, the standards that the Organization has set over the years in the labour field, or they left aside standards altogether. This irked me sufficiently, late last year, to try my hand at putting forward some ideas. Little did I know what I let myself in for. A number of my colleagues in the International Labour Standards Department were aghast at hearing of the simplifications that indicators would introduce without paying attention to the substance and details of everything specialists look at.

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