Monitoring International Labor Standards

Monitoring International Labor Standards

National Legal Frameworks: Summary of a Workshop

  • Author: Rigby, Crispin
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309089425
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309517089
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2003
  • Month: June
  • Pages: 77
  • Language: English

The National Research Council has convened the Committee on Monitoring International Labor Standards to provide expert, science-based advice on monitoring compliance with international labor standards. The committee has undertaken a two-year project with multiple intersecting activities.The committee is charged with assembling information on country compliance with international labor standards and organizing these data into an easily accessible, web-based format for use by the DOL.

As one step in this process, a workshop in November 2002 was held to discuss national legal frameworks and the challenges of measuring the extent to which international standards have been incorporated into national laws and practices. Monitoring International Labor Standards is the summary of that workshop. This report communicates the key ideas and themes that emerged from the workshop presentations and discussions.

  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Acronyms
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 International Labor Standards in the National Context: Legal Frameworks and Monitoring
  • 3 Implementing International Standards at the National Level
  • 4 Methods of Assessing National Laws and Enforcement Mechanisms
  • 5 U.S. Government Approaches to Assessing National Protection of International Labor Rights
  • Appendix A Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix B Workshop Speaker Biosketches
  • Appendix C Audience List
  • Appendix D The Committee on Monitoring International Labor Standards (2002-2003) and NRC Staff

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