Public Procurement and Labour Rights

Dr Maria Anna Corvaglia is Lecturer in Commercial Law at the Leeds School of Law.

Introduction I. General Overview II. Premise and Scope of the Study III. Comparative Research Framework and Methodology IV. Structure of the Research 1. International Regulatory Framework of Public Procurement: From Fragmentation to Coherence I. Introduction II. The Challenges of Fragmentation in International Economic Law III. Fragmentation in the International Regulatory Architecture of Public Procurement IV. From Fragmentation to Coherence in the International Framework of Procurement Governance V. Conclusions 2. Unpacking the Use of Public Procurement to Achieve Social and Labour Policies I. Introduction II. Framing the Instrumental Use of Public Procurement for Social and Labour Purposes III. The Social and Labour Dimension of Public Procurement IV. The Procedural Mechanisms Behind the Social and Labour Use of Public Procurement V. Public Procurement and the Challenges of Assuring Social and Labour Policies Along the Supply Chain: The Roles of Social Certifications, Standards and Labels VI. Conclusions 3. The Admissibility of the Inclusion of Social and Labour Rights Under the WTO Procurement Regulatory Framework I. Introduction to the Social Dimension of Public Procurement in the WTO Regulation Framework II. The WTO Institutional Framework for Public Procurement III. The Objective of the GPA: The Principle of Non-Discrimination IV. The Flexibilities in the Revised GPA: Derogations and Exceptions for Discriminatory Procurement Practices V. The GPA Regulation of the Award Procedure VI. Conclusion 4. The EU Public Procurement Framework: The Internal Market and Socially Responsible Procurement I. Introduction to the EU Public Procurement Regime and Social Rights II. The Completion of the EU Internal Market and Fundamental Regulatory Principles III. Internal Market Economic Freedoms and Regulatory Autonomy in Public Procurement Under the EU Treaties IV. The Enforcement of Social and Labour Policies under the 2014 EU Directives on Public Procurement V. Conclusions 5. Social and Labour Considerations in Non-Trade International Instruments of Procurement Regulation I. Non-Trade Instruments of Procurement Regulation: The UNCITRAL Model Law and the World Bank Guidelines II. The UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services III. The World Bank Procurement Framework and the Achievement of Social and Labour Concerns General Conclusions (A) FragmentationInternational Regulatory Instruments with Conflicting Regulatory Objectives (B) Implementation of Social and Labour Policies in the Procurement Process (C) International Legal Framework and the Labour and Social Dimension of Public Procurement