Securing labour rights in global production networks. Legal Instruments and Policy Options

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Hauptverfasser: Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien (Herausgebendes Organ), Lukas, Karin (VerfasserIn), Plank, Leonhard (VerfasserIn), Staritz, Cornelia (VerfasserIn)
Format: Monograph
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien 2010
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Tables, Figures and Boxes
  • Executive Summary
  • Zusammenfassung
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Instruments on the national level
  • 2.1 Host state and home state responsibility
  • 2.2 Host state responsibility
  • 2.2.1 The state duty to protect labour rights against violations of non-state actors
  • 2.2.2 National liability regimes of subcontractors for labour rights violations
  • 2.2.3 Socially responsible public procurement
  • 2.3 Home state responsibility
  • 2.3.1 US: The Alien Tort Claims Act
  • 2.3.2 Belgium: The Universal Jurisdiction Act
  • 2.3.3 United Kingdom: Case Law
  • 3. Instruments on the european level
  • 3.1 The EU and Labour Rights in global production networks - past and current situation
  • 3.2 An Alien Tort Claims Act on the EU level? The Brussels I Regulation
  • 3.3 Chain liability on the EU level?
  • 3.4 European Framework Agreements
  • 3.5 EU Trade Agreements and Labour Rights
  • 4. Instruments on the international level
  • 4.1 Instruments and Initiatives by International Institutions
  • 4.1.1 ILO instruments and initiatives
  • 4.1.1.1 Tripartite Declaration on Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy
  • 4.1.1.2 ILO Helpdesk
  • 4.1.1.3 "Better Work" Programme
  • 4.1.2 UN Draft Norms and the UN Special Representative
  • 4.1.3 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
  • 4.1.3.1 Scope and implementation of the Guidelines
  • 4.1.3.2 The National Contact Points
  • 4.1.3.3 An example of good practice: The NCP of the United Kingdom
  • 4.1.3.4 Current Review of the Guidelines
  • 4.2 Codes of Conduct
  • 4.2.1 Labour Rights in Codes of Conduct
  • 4.2.2 Effectiveness of Codes of Conduct
  • 4.2.3 Codes of Conduct and contractual obligations
  • 4.3 International Framework Agreements
  • 5. Conclusions and recommendations
  • References
  • Annex: List of interviews