International Labour Organisation

Balancing Progress and Rights: India’s Struggle with Working Hour Norms Amid ILO Conventions

Balancing Progress and Rights: India’s Struggle with Working Hour Norms Amid ILO Conventions

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) first convention in 1919 established an eight-hour workday and 48-hour workweek, aiming to balance productivity with worker welfare. A century later, India, an ILO founding...
The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 2

The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 2

See Part 1 of this blog here: The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 1 | OHRH 1. Introduction This is the second part...
Challenging the Right to Strike: the UK Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Challenging the Right to Strike: the UK Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Image description: A group of striking people march through a city street holding union banners The Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, currently passing through the UK Parliament, seeks to...
Disrupting Cultural Norms Through Occupational Health and Safety:  A Convention 190 Perspective

Disrupting Cultural Norms Through Occupational Health and Safety: A Convention 190 Perspective

Image description: Woman holds a handwritten pink sign which reads ‘A woman’s body is not yours to take: I am a sexual abuse survivor and I will not be silenced’...
Born to Live, Not Born to Work: The Implications of New Proposed Labour Regulations in India

Born to Live, Not Born to Work: The Implications of New Proposed Labour Regulations in India

Image description: A person working on a pottery wheel. The Indian government is currently considering allowing factories in India to extend daily permissible work hours from the current norm of...
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