Labour Rights in Crisis: Measuring the Achievement of Human Rights in the World of Work

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Boxes......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 11
List of Figures......Page 12
List of Abbreviations......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
1.1 Introduction......Page 16
1.2 Freedom of association......Page 18
1.3 Elimination of all forms of forced of compulsory labour......Page 19
1.4 Effective abolition of child labour......Page 20
1.5 Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation......Page 21
1.6 Basic labour rights matter......Page 23
1.7 Purposes of measuring human rights achievements......Page 24
2.1 Credible outcome measurements are lacking......Page 26
2.2 Foundations of the new indicator system......Page 31
2.3 Human rights indicators must fulfil certain criteria......Page 36
3.1 Concepts and principles of measurement......Page 39
3.2 Unit of analysis – countries and years......Page 47
4.1 Core Conventions component......Page 54
4.1.2 Reporting indicator......Page 55
4.2 Declaration component......Page 57
4.2.1 The Declaration\'s relationship to Conventions......Page 58
4.2.2 Declaration reporting......Page 59
4.2.3 Declaration progress indicator......Page 60
4.2.4 Testing indicators 3 and 4......Page 62
5.1 Starting points......Page 63
5.2 Relevant supervisory and complaints procedures......Page 65
5.2.1 Committee of Experts component......Page 66
5.2.2 CFA component......Page 70
5.3.1 Committee of Experts component......Page 75
5.3.2 Committee on Freedom of Association component......Page 82
5.3.3 Combining the two components......Page 84
5.3.4 Testing indicators 5 and 6......Page 85
5.3.5 Testing indicator 7......Page 88
5.4 Shortcut to implementation gaps......Page 92
6.1 Time-lag effects and extensive recent ratifiers......Page 94
6.3 Normalization......Page 102
6.4 Long-standing ratifiers......Page 104
7.1 Introduction......Page 106
7.2 Global and regional evolution......Page 108
7.3 Overall ranking of countries......Page 110
7.4.1 Full measurement......Page 117
7.4.2 Proxy measurement......Page 118
7.5 Correlations?......Page 124
7.6 Conclusions regarding overall gaps......Page 133
8.1 Introduction......Page 136
8.2 Global and regional evolution......Page 137
8.3 Ranking of countries......Page 139
8.4.1 Full measurement......Page 142
8.4.2 Proxy measurement......Page 145
8.5 Correlations?......Page 148
8.6 Conclusions regarding freedom of association......Page 153
9.1 Introduction......Page 156
9.2 Global and regional evolution......Page 157
9.3 Ranking of countries......Page 159
9.4.1 Full measurement......Page 161
9.4.2 Proxy measurement......Page 163
9.5 Conclusions regarding forced labour gaps......Page 165
10.1 Introduction......Page 167
10.2 Global and regional evolution......Page 169
10.3 Ranking of countries......Page 171
10.4.1 Full measurement......Page 172
10.4.2 Proxy measurement......Page 174
10.5 Conclusions regarding child labour gaps......Page 175
11.2 Global and regional evolution......Page 177
11.3 Ranking of countries......Page 179
11.4.1 Full measurement......Page 182
11.4.2 Proxy measurement......Page 183
11.5 Correlations?......Page 185
11.6 Conclusions regarding non-discrimination gaps......Page 188
12.1 Illustration of typical country patterns across all areas......Page 190
12.2 Conclusions......Page 192
Table 1 Countries\' normalized overall Core Rights Gaps since 1985......Page 197
Table 2 Countries\' normalized freedom of association gaps since 1985......Page 202
Table 3 Countries\' normalized forced labour gaps since 1985......Page 207
Table 4 Countries\' normalized child labour gaps since 1985......Page 212
Table 5 Countries\' normalized non-discrimination gaps since 1985......Page 217
Notes......Page 222
Bibliographic References......Page 233
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Y......Page 244