POLS 3212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Soft Law, Transitional Justice, International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia
23 Sep 2018
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Oldest un agency (founded 1919 by the league of nations - prior to creation of. Develops conventions (binding treaty law) on different aspects of labor rights; monitors them. Ilo declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work (1998) Collective bargaining: demand rights as a collective. Minimum age: each state should declare a minimum age for working. Does not include health and safety, hours, and wages because there are debates across countries about the minimums (no universal agreement) Europe and the americas have oldest hr systems. Asia does not have a regional hr system, but they have trade systems. Arab states do not have a system. European court of hr (1959): all eu states are members. African commission on human & peoples rights (1987) Arab league charter in hr (1994): soft law because it has not been approved by the. Asian charter on hr (1197): soft law. Core theoretical concepts: three generations of rights (prep for exam 1)
