Professional paper
The ILO System of International Labour Standards and Monitoring Procedures: Too Complicated to Be Effective?
Nikita Lyutov
; Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Moscow, Russia
Abstract
The article deals with the complexity of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions and Recommendations and of the control procedures for their application as a factor that has a serious negative impact on their effectiveness. An analysis of the Conventions and Recommendations and other measures taken by the ILO is offered with a view to optimizing this system. The prospects for codification of the ILO standards are considered. A conclusion is reached concerning the possibility of gradual codification of the Conventions and Recommendations according to broad thematic classifications with further prospects for the creation of a unified international labour code. Some possible directions for such thematic classifications are proposed.
A separate analysis is made of ILO control procedures, and a judgment is made that these procedures are lacking sufficient coordination and systematization. Proposals are made for simplifying the procedures, for the abrogation of rarely used and secondary procedures, and for a higher level of coherence of the existing procedures in order to make the application of the international labour standards more effective.
Keywords
International labour standards; International Labour Organization; international labour law; social rights; international instruments’ application effectiveness
Hrčak ID:
123104
URI
Publication date:
30.4.2014.
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