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Social Protection Afforded To Irregular Migrant Workers: Thoughts On International Norms, The Southern African Development Community, Botswana And South Africa, Bruno Ps Van Eck, Felicia Snyman
Social Protection Afforded To Irregular Migrant Workers: Thoughts On International Norms, The Southern African Development Community, Botswana And South Africa, Bruno Ps Van Eck, Felicia Snyman
Bruno PS Van Eck
The majority of migrant workers target those countries in southern Africa that have stronger economies. Irregular migrants are in a particularly vulnerable position, and this article discusses the protection that this category of persons may expect to experience in the southern African region. The authors recommend that the broad notion of “social protection”, rather than the narrower concept “social security” should be emphasized. International, continental and regional instruments providing protection to irregular migrants are traversed and the constitutional and legislative frameworks in relation to social protection in Botswana and South Africa are compared. The article concludes that there are significant …
"Ethics And The United Nations International Civil Servant: The Jurisprudence Of The United Nations Dispute Tribunals And The United Nations Appeals Tribunal On Workplace Retaliation - The Rights Of The 'Whistleblower' In The United Nations", Tamara Shockley
Tamara A. Shockley
This article surveys emerging issues in the approach of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal in the area of workplace retaliation and the rights of “whistleblowers” in the United Nations. The article examines the institutional framework for managing ethics in the United Nations and the importance of ethics as a tool for United Nations corporate governance. The developing jurisprudence of ethical compliance by the United Nations Dispute Tribunals and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal demands an analysis of the United Nations jurisprudence in the occurrence of workplace retaliation and conditions for actionable workplace retaliation before …