The system of collective complaints established by a Protocol to the European Social Charter has now been in force for a decade. The Protocol gives the European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR) the competence to examine complaints by social partner organisations and non-governmental...

Cover -- Preface -- Table of contents -- Foreword Seán Lemass -- Foreword Brian Cowen -- Introduction by C. Wilfred Jenks -- Part I Phelan, the man -- Edward Phelan: A biographical essay, by Emmet O'Connor -- Part II The memoirs of Edward Phelan: The birth of the ILO -- Chapter 1 Young Irishman...

The 2008 Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization was the first attempt since the end of World War II to reformulate the ILO's message. The strain placed on the ILO's core normative functions by globalization made it indispensable. The object of the Declaration is thus first to...

Social policies, particularly environmental and labour issues, are not new to trade policy fora including the GATT. However, they are likely to have a more prominent role in trade policy discussions in the years ahead for the new World Trade Organization. Many developing countries perceive the...

On the 5th of July 2017, the European Committee of Social Rights published another decision adopted under the collective complaints procedure, condemning Greece for violating plenty of the European Social Charter provisions concerning labour rights by implementing austerity measures between 2010...

This open access book explores the role of the ILO (International Labour Organization) in building global social governance from multiple and mutually complementary perspectives. It explores the impact of this UN´s oldest agency, founded in 1919, on the transforming world of work in a global...

When the European Social Charter (ESC) was adopted by the Council of Europe (COE) in 1961, it was envisioned to provide the backbone and framework for the protection of fundamental economic and social rights in Europe. In the spirit of recognizing the indivisibility between civil and political...

This article analyses China's new Social Insurance Law and its treatment of foreigners in an international context. First discussed is the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 102 establishing standards and requirements for social security regimes. Second, other international...