Books: human rights

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• ABC of women workers' rights and gender equality - Buy now
  29 October 2007 - This second-editioned publication presents important information relevant to women workers in entries on sexual harassment, women in development, the glass ceiling and many more. With an easy-to-follow, this book provides an essential tool raising awareness and legal literacy on gender equality issues.
• Affirmative action in employment ethnic minorities and persons with disabilities - Buy now
  14 July 1997 -

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• Compendium of Maritime Labour Instruments - Buy now
  09 September 2008 - Maritime Labour Convention, 2006; Seafarers' Identity Documents (Revised) Convention, 2003; Work in Fishing Convention and Recommendation, 2007. This essential new reference source presents the full text of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, along with a collection of related standards, including the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. ...
• Combating sexual harassment at work (Conditions of work digest 1/92) - Buy now
  28 September 1992 - Presents information on measures to combat sexual harassment in the workplace. Provides an overview of action taken by intergovernmental organizations and of national legislation in 23 countries. Includes examples of practices at enterprise level and selected clauses of collective agreements.

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• Documenting discrimination against migrant workers in the labour market: A comparative study of four European countries - Buy now
  20 November 2000 - Documents the occurrence of unlawful discrimination against migrants and ethnic minorities at the point of access to employment in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.

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• Employers’ organizations taking the lead on gender equality. Case studies from 10 countries. - Buy now
  13 June 2005 - Describes the wide range of action that is being taken on the issue of gender equity by a selection of employers' organizations from countries at different levels of development.
• European Labour Court. International and European labour standards in labour court decisions and jurisprudence on sex discrimination (LMR 82) - Buy now
  27 July 1995 -

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• Freedom of association. Digest of decisions and principles of the Freedom of Association Committee of the Governing Body of the ILO. Fifth (revised) edition. - Buy now
  21 October 2006 -
• Fundamental rights at work and international labour standards - Buy now
  29 April 2003 - Offers a detailed description of the relevant Conventions and their principles, along with specific problems encountered in their application at national level.
• Freedom of association: A user’s guide - Buy now
  04 November 1999 - Serves as a companion volume to "ILO law on freedom of association: standards and procedures" (Geneva, 1995). Describes the practical influence and impact of the ILO's freedom of association standards and principles and the use of procedures for their enforcement.
• Freedom of association: An annotated bibliography - Buy now
  28 October 1999 -

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• Give girls a chance. Tackling child labour, a key to the future - Buy now
  08 July 2009 - This report provides an overview on the involvement of girls in child labour and the policy responses required to tackle the problem. It provides global estimates on girls involvement in child labour and looks at major sectors of work in which girls are involved. ...
• Getting hired. A guide for job-seekers with disabilities - Buy now
  03 February 2009 - This manual, used as a companion to training manual Getting hired: A trainer's manual for conducting a workshop for job-seekers with disabilities, can be helpful to organizations of people with disabilities, placement agencies, non-governmental organizations and community organizations.
• Getting hired. A trainer's manual for conducting a workshop for job-seekers with disabilities - Buy now
  03 February 2009 - The purpose of the job-seekers' workshop is to assist people with disabilities in finding and keeping employment in the formal sector and addresses the unique barriers that disabled people often face when seeking jobs..
• Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific - Buy now
  08 October 2008 - This unique study reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and the increasing pressures towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the divergent experiences of individual workers regarding their employment conditions...
• GET ahead for women in enterprise. Training package and resource kit - Buy now
  15 November 2004 - Aims to assist ILO partner organizations in promoting enterprise development among women in poverty who want to start or are already engaged in small-scale business. Contains training modules and exercises on entrepreneurship, the business environment, including marketing, production, services, finance, and support. Explains essential business and financial terms. ...

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• ILO principles concerning the right to strike - Buy now
  10 December 1999 - Examines the principles laid down by the ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association concerning the right to strike, covering inter alia political strikes, compensatory guarantees if the right to strike is denied, and protection against reprisals for strike action.
• ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work and its follow-up - Buy now
  02 September 1998 -
• ILO law on freedom of association: Standards and procedures - Buy now
  30 October 1995 - Part one contains texts of and extracts from ILO Conventions and ILO Recommendations dealing with freedom of association and labour relations. Part two contains extracts from the regulations governing the procedure of the ILO's supervisory bodies.

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• 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 - [pdf 459 KB] - Buy now
  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. ...