Press Release: Rotterdam Convention discredited as chrysotile asbestos fails to be listed

The eighth Conference of Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, a United Nations treaty that requires dangerous substances listed by the Convention to be traded only with prior informed consent, is …

What does the JAM v IFC decision win mean for impacted communities?

Ending violence and harassment in the world of work – “ILO Blue Report”

The report contains the English and French versions of the proposed texts of the Convention and Recommendation, as amended in light of the replies received, and for the reasons given …

World Bank: WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW 2019

In 2019, the World Bank published Women, Business and the Law 2019: A Decade of Reform, which examines ten years of data through an index structured around the economic decisions …

JAM ET AL. v. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORP.

The US Supreme Court found that the International Organizations Immunities Act granted international organizations the “same immunity” from suit “as is enjoyed by foreign governments”. That means that the Foreign …

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against World Bank Arm on Immunity

The U.S. Supreme Court opened some American-based international organizations to lawsuits, ruling that a World Bank affiliate must defend against allegations it is responsible for environmental damage caused by a …

Case Nr. C-154/18, Horgan and Keegan v. Minister for Education and Skills et alii

Salary scale and classification on that scale upon recruitment less advantageous than that applicable to teachers already employed as such Article 2(2)(b) of Directive 2000/78 must be interpreted to the …

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An analysis of multiparty bargaining models for global supply chains

This working paper reviews one approach for realizing the goal of improving labour standards at the lower rungs of supply chains that has to date received relatively little scholarly attention: …

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GLOBAL COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF WORK

Co-chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, the Global Commission on the Future of Work outlines a vision for a human-centred agenda that is …

U.N. reaches ‘remarkable’ but vague ‘milestone’ in anti-slavery fight

Anti-slavery activists on Tuesday hailed a United Nations global pact on migrants as a potential milestone in the fight against human trafficking but warned a lack of detail left millions …

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