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2015

ILO

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Ilo Labor Standards And Trade Agreements: A Case For Consistency, Desiree Leclercq, Jordi Agusti-Panareda, Franz Christian Ebert Jan 2015

Ilo Labor Standards And Trade Agreements: A Case For Consistency, Desiree Leclercq, Jordi Agusti-Panareda, Franz Christian Ebert

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A growing number of trade agreements have taken an important step toward ensuring consistency by referring to - and hence incorporating the legal content of - ILO instruments. On its face, this uniform reference suggests an increasing alignment between the ILO's international labor standards system and the labor provisions included in the various trade agreements. The application of these references in the decentralized trade context needs to be considered carefully, however, as there is a risk of inconsistent practices between agreements.


Sea Change: New Rulemaking Procedures At The International Labour Organization, Desiree Leclercq Jan 2015

Sea Change: New Rulemaking Procedures At The International Labour Organization, Desiree Leclercq

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The International Labour Organization (“ILO”) turns 100 years old in 2019, and is accordingly one of the oldest international organizations. Its mandate to promote decent work through standard-setting and norm supervision has been challenged by rapid changes in the world of work brought on by globalization, technological advancements, and an increasingly migratory workforce. These changes require the ILO to maintain a flexible system of norm creation and rulemaking that can adapt just as rapidly.

To ensure a flexible system, the ILO should be able to revise its instruments in a sufficiently responsive time. The ILO’s rule to amend its instruments, …