Elgar Companion to the Law and Practice of the International Labour Organization

Edited by James J. Brudney, Joseph Crowley Chair in Labor and Employment Law, Fordham University School of Law, New York and Janice R. Bellace, Samuel Blank Professor Emerita of Legal Studies, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, and Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

‘This impressive scholarly work underscores the indispensable role of the ILO in advancing social justice and work-related standards for more than a century of global change. Through rigorous analysis and historical depth, it shows why the ILO remains a vital, stabilizing institution, one whose mission is more important today than ever.’

• ContentsPreface ix1 Introduction: the ILO in law and practice 1James J. Brudney and Janice R. BellacePART I EVOLUTION ACROSS FOUR ERAS2 Built to last: the ILO 1919–1945 15Janice R. Bellace3 The post-war era: the ILO role in human rights protection and economic governance 31Tonia Novitz4 Between yesterday and tomorrow: the ILO in the ‘global’ decades of the 1960s and 1970s 47Jill M. Jensen5 How does the ILO govern? From the 1998 Declaration to the present 61Ingrid LandauPART II THE STRUCTURE OF THE ILO6 Overview of ILO standards and the supervisory system 80Lee Swepston7 The authoritative role of the ILO Committee of Experts 96Jordi Agustí-Panareda and Karen Curtis8 The CAS and its role through the decades 114Deborah Greenfield9 The transformative promise of the ILO standards system on workers’ lives 132Corinne Vargha and Beatriz Vacotto10 ILO relations with other international organizations 149Anne TrebilcockPART III FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS11 Forced labour then and now: the enduring power of ILO standards 167Aurélie Hauchѐre Vuong and Alix Nasri12 The ILO and the elimination of child labour 185Kamala Sankaran13 Freedom of association 201Bernd Waas14 The ILO, equality and non-discrimination: Forward-looking and far-reaching 218Shauna Olney and Rosemary Owens15 A safe and healthy working environment 240Erica MartinPART IV ACHIEVING DECENT WORK16 The right to social security at the core of decent work and social justice 258Maya Stern Plaza, Luisa Carmona Llano, Kroum Markov and Christina Behrendt17 The ILO’s contribution to the goal of full employment 278Gerry Rodgers 18 Decent work for indigenous peoples: preserving an ancestral perspective 295Lelio Bentes Corrêa19 Labour inspection and the ILO: challenges and opportunities 313James J. Brudney20 Incorporating ILO standards in domestic legislation and jurisprudence 331Xavier Beaudonnet and Valérie Van GoethemPART V LOOKING TO THE FUTURE21 Applying ILO conventions to the informal economy: a developing world context 351Evance Kalula and Elmarie Fourie22 The platform and digital economy: opportunities presented to the ILO 370Mathias Wouters23 References to ILO instruments in trade law: a path toward coherence? 387Franz Christian Ebert24 A long view of the ILO’s normative agenda: deciphering ILO standards policy 405Lisa Tortell and Tomi Kohiyama25 The limits of ILO power 421Kari Tapiola